Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-ippm-active-passive-05

Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 20 January 2016 16:44 UTC

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:44:00 -0600
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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-ippm-active-passive-05
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Hi, Carl,

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Carl Wallace <carl@redhoundsoftware.com>
wrote:

> I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's
> ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG.
> These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the security area
> directors.  Document editors and WG chairs should treat these comments
> just like any other last call comments.
>
> This draft aims to provide clear definitions for Active and Passive
> performance assessment as well as defining Hybrid methods and establishing
> means of evaluating new methods as they emerge. The document relies
> heavily on textual references to other specifications, which can at times
> be a bit tedious for the reader but I have no particular suggestions
> regarding this point and it's probably fine for a document that is aiming
> to corral various earlier concepts. The referenced security and privacy
> considerations were very good (if nearly as long as this spec itself). One
> minor point, section 4.2 might be better placed before the current section
> 4.1 to better set-up the ASCII art in section 4.1.
>

Thanks for the review!

Could the authors let me know if the 4.1/4.2 section switch should happen?
No need to submit a revision about that until after the telechat tomorrow,
if the answer is "yes".

Spencer