Re: [secdir] secdir review odraft-ietf-netext-wifi-epc-eap-attributes

"Koodli, Rajeev" <rajeev.koodli@intel.com> Wed, 09 July 2014 16:16 UTC

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From: "Koodli, Rajeev" <rajeev.koodli@intel.com>
To: Leif Johansson <leifj@sunet.se>, "Joseph Salowey (jsalowey)" <jsalowey@cisco.com>
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Fine with me.

Thanks.

-Rajeev


On 7/8/14, 10:32 PM, "Leif Johansson" <leifj@sunet.se> wrote:

>
>
>> 9 jul 2014 kl. 06:48 skrev "Joseph Salowey (jsalowey)"
>><jsalowey@cisco.com>:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Koodli, Rajeev <rajeev.koodli@intel.com>
>>>wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> RFC 4187:
>>> 
>>> "8.2 Protocol Extensibility
>>> 
>>>  EAP-AKA can be extended by specifying new attribute types.  If
>>>  skippable attributes are used, it is possible to extend the protocol
>>>  without breaking old implementations.  As specified in Section 10.13,
>>>  if new attributes are specified for EAP-Request/AKA-Identity or
>>>  EAP-Response/AKA-Identity, then the AT_CHECKCODE MUST be used to
>>>  integrity protect the new attributes.²
>> 
>> [Joe]  Makes sense.  Although it is redundant with RFC4187, It might be
>>worth mentioning in the security considerations section that
>>AT_CHECKCODE protects the attributes in the EAP/AKA-Identity messages
>>once it has be verified by a valid AT_MAC.   This would help clarify
>>that the attributes are protected and at what point they are
>>authenticated.  It might also help remind implementers that they need to
>>implement AT_CHECKCODE.
>
>agree!
>
>> 
>>> 
>>> So, this applies for the attribute in question.
>>> 
>>> -Rajeev
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 7/8/14, 10:16 AM, "Leif Johansson" <leifj@sunet.se> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> [Joe] Is the attribute in question protected by AT_MAC?  If not, its
>>>>> possible that it could be modified in transit.
>>>> 
>>>> yeah what Joe said
>>