Re: [lamps] Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: (with COMMENT)

Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com> Tue, 03 July 2018 16:43 UTC

From: Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>
To: 'Adam Roach' <adam@nostrum.com>, 'The IESG' <iesg@ietf.org>
CC: draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis@ietf.org, 'Russ Housley' <housley@vigilsec.com>, lamps-chairs@ietf.org, spasm@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [lamps] Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: (with COMMENT)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 9:10 AM
> To: Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>; 'The IESG' <iesg@ietf.org>
> Cc: draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis@ietf.org; 'Russ Housley'
> <housley@vigilsec.com>; lamps-chairs@ietf.org; spasm@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: (with
> COMMENT)
> 
> Jim --
> 
> Thanks for the quick response. Comments inline.
> 
> On 7/3/18 10:27 AM, Jim Schaad wrote:
> >
> >> §3.5.3.2:
> >>
> >>>   The values to be placed in the micalg parameter SHOULD be from the
> >>>   following:
> >>>
> >>>    Algorithm Value Used
> >>>    MD5       md5
> >>>    SHA-1     sha-1
> >>>    SHA-224   sha-224
> >>>    SHA-256   sha-256
> >>>    SHA-384   sha-384
> >>>    SHA-512   sha-512
> >>>    Any other (defined separately in algorithm profile or "unknown" if
> >>>              not defined)
> >> The example then goes on to demonstrate the use of "micalg=sha-1".
> >> This is probably a misunderstanding on my part, but I thought that
> >> this document was intending to mark MD5 and SHA-1 as historic for
> digesting content (cf.
> >> §1.7 and §B.1). Wouldn't that mean they should be annotated as
> >> deprecated in some way here? I would have also expected the example
> >> to use sha-256 or sha-512.
> > In terms of the content of the table, this table is the only registry that exists
> for the values to be placed here.  This means that I have not removed any of
> the "historical" values as I believe that they need to be part of the table.
> 
> Sure; I didn't expect to see them removed. I expected them to be annotated
> in some way; something like:
> 
> 
>    Algorithm Value Used
>    MD5*      md5
>    SHA-1*    sha-1
>    SHA-224   sha-224
>    SHA-256   sha-256
>    SHA-384   sha-384
>    SHA-512   sha-512
>    Any other (defined separately in algorithm profile or "unknown" if
>              not defined)
> 
>    *Note: MD5 and SHA-1 are historic and no longer considered secure.
>     See section B.1 for details.

That makes sense.  Done

> 
> >    In terms of the following example, it is one of the examples that I did not
> re-generate as part of this document and thus is still setup with a micalg of
> sha-1.  While I could re-generate this example, it is correct as it is and has
> been validated.  I cannot have that same assurance if it is replaced.
> 
> I have a lot of sympathy for the challenges involved with generating
> correct examples. At the same time, I think it's  problematic to publish
> a document that deprecates an algorithm while simultaneously
> demonstrating its use. On the balance between these two factors, I think
> this document really needs to be updated so that the examples are
> consistent with the text.

Ok - I will put this on my list.  It is not a simple think to do.

> 
> /a

[lamps] Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5… Adam Roach
Re: [lamps] Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-… Jim Schaad
Re: [lamps] Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-… Adam Roach
Re: [lamps] Adam Roach's Yes on draft-ietf-lamps-… Jim Schaad