Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-digest-scheme
Rifaat Shekh-Yusef <rifaat.ietf@gmail.com> Mon, 20 May 2019 02:49 UTC
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Subject: Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-digest-scheme
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Thanks Dale! I liked your proposed changes; I will incorporate them into the next version of the document. Regards, Rifaat On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 9:15 PM Dale R. Worley <worley@ariadne.com> wrote: > Looking into this issue: > > > > 2) There is discussion "The IANA registry ... specifies the algorithms > > > .... and specifies a priority for each algorithm." But I cannot find > the > > > word > > > priority in the registry, nor in the sole reference in the registry, > RFC > > > 7616. Can you update this to point to whatever defines the priority? > > > > > > > > It is specified in section 3.7: > > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7616#section-3.7 > > > > But I think the wording in the draft is confusing; I will try to clarify > > that. > > Looking at section 2.1 of draft-ietf-sipcore-digest-scheme-02, it reads > > 2.1. Hash Algorithms > > The Digest scheme has an 'algorithm' parameter that specifies the > algorithm to be used to compute the digest of the response. The IANA > registry named "HTTP Digest Hash Algorithms" specifies the algorithms > that correspond to 'algorithm' values, and specifies a priority for > each algorithm. > > [RFC3261] specifies only one algorithm, MD5, which is used by > default. This document extends [RFC3261] to allow use of any > registered algorithm. > > The priority of the algorithm defines its usage preference. UAs > SHOULD prefer algorithms with higher priorities. > > Note that [RFC7616] defines a -sess variant for each algorithm; the > -sess variants are not used with SIP. > > A nit is that the registry is named "Hash Algorithms for HTTP Digest > Authentication". > > RFC 7616 is not referenced here as establishing the priorities, but > rather the IANA registry is referenced. The critical text is from RFC > 7616, which establishes the preference ordering of algorithms not > globally, but based on the authentication challenge in a particular > challenge/response transaction: > > The server MUST > add these challenges to the response in order of preference, starting > with the most preferred algorithm, followed by the less preferred > algorithm. > [...] > When the client receives the first challenge, it SHOULD use the first > challenge it supports, unless a local policy dictates otherwise. > > This suggests the wording could be improved along thse lines (changes > marked with "|"): > > 2.1. Hash Algorithms > > The Digest scheme has an 'algorithm' parameter that specifies the > algorithm to be used to compute the digest of the response. The IANA > | registry named "Hash Algorithms for HTTP Digest Authentication" > | specifies the algorithms > | that correspond to 'algorithm' values. > > [RFC3261] specifies only one algorithm, MD5, which is used by > default. This document extends [RFC3261] to allow use of any > registered algorithm. > > | [RFC7616] specifies the usage preference when a response > | contains multiple challenges specifying different algorithms. That > | specification is not changed by this document. > > Note that [RFC7616] defines a -sess variant for each algorithm; the > -sess variants are not used with SIP. > > And there is this issue: > > > 1) When is the binding time of "the contents of the Hash Algorithms for > > HTTP Digest Authentication registry"? That is, if a new algorithm is > > added to the registry, does it automatically become authorized for use > > in SIP? > > > > My impression is that the answer is Yes. > > Perhaps I am being too fussy about this issue. But I would like to > ensure that nobody mistakes the intention of this document. I think > the following two wording changes would be more than enough to avoid > any problems: > > 1. Introduction > > This document updates the Digest Access Authentication scheme used by > SIP to support the list of digest algorithms defined in the "Hash > | Algorithms for HTTP Digest Authentication" registry (defined by > | [RFC7616]) as it is updated from time to time. > > 2.1. Hash Algorithms > > [RFC3261] specifies only one algorithm, MD5, which is used by > default. This document extends [RFC3261] to allow use of any > | algorithm that is registered at the time of use. > > Dale >
- [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-digest… Dale R. Worley
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Rifaat Shekh-Yusef
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Christer Holmberg
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Dale R. Worley
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Rifaat Shekh-Yusef
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Dale R. Worley
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Dale R. Worley
- Re: [sipcore] Resend: WGLC: draft-ietf-sipcore-di… Rifaat Shekh-Yusef