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Re: [sidr] Kathleen Moriarty's No Objection on draft-ietf-sidr-publication-10: (with COMMENT)

Rob Austein <sra@hactrn.net> Tue, 31 January 2017 01:02 UTC

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From: Rob Austein <sra@hactrn.net>
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Subject: Re: [sidr] Kathleen Moriarty's No Objection on draft-ietf-sidr-publication-10: (with COMMENT)
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At Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:17:00 -0800, Kathleen Moriarty wrote:
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> COMMENT:
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> As for Alissa's comment on transport, more language added to the Security
> Considerations section would be helpful to explain why the CMS signature
> is sufficient.  I am assuming that the only exposure would be to public
> information during transport that is protected from tampering, unless I
> missed something in reading the draft (I don't think you are transferring
> private keys and didn't see that in the text).

Correct, no private keys in flight here.  Everything being transferred
is a signed object intended for public consumption.

Will try to come up with something for security considerations (I
would say "suggestions welcome" but I think you just did...).

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