Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpmss-04

"Scharf, Michael (Michael)" <michael.scharf@alcatel-lucent.com> Mon, 04 June 2012 14:20 UTC

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> >> Ok, I'll move the content to section 5, and leave "Security 
> >> Considerations"
> >> empty, unless someone else objects to making that change.
> > 
> > Instead of an empty security considerations section, you 
> could also add a sentence explaining that the document just 
> clarifies what is mandated by RFC 1122, and that it thus does 
> not result in new security issues.
> > 
> > According to the working group discussions and the WGLC 
> feedback, TCPM is apparently not aware of any security issues 
> with this draft, and I think that TCPM would be fine with 
> mentioning this more explicitly.
> 
> Ok, how about:
> 	This document clarifies how to determine what 
> 	value should be used for the MSS option, and does
> 	not introduce any new security concerns.

For what it is worth, I think that this is indeed better than an empty section. 

Michael