Re: [lamps] Benjamin Kaduk's Discuss on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Tue, 10 July 2018 02:49 UTC

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Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:49:03 -0500
From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
To: Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>
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Subject: Re: [lamps] Benjamin Kaduk's Discuss on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 05:28:33PM -0700, Jim Schaad wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:37 PM
> > To: Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>
> > Cc: 'The IESG' <iesg@ietf.org>; draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis@ietf.org;
> 'Russ
> > Housley' <housley@vigilsec.com>; lamps-chairs@ietf.org; spasm@ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: Benjamin Kaduk's Discuss on draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10:
> > (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 10:18:04AM -0700, Jim Schaad wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 7:04 AM
> > > > To: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
> > > > Cc: draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis@ietf.org; Russ Housley
> > > > <housley@vigilsec.com>; lamps-chairs@ietf.org; housley@vigilsec.com;
> > > > spasm@ietf.org
> > > > Subject: Benjamin Kaduk's Discuss on
> > > > draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
> > > >
> > > > Benjamin Kaduk has entered the following ballot position for
> > > > draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-10: Discuss
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > --
> > > > COMMENT:
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Section 2.7.2
> > > >
> > > > With "Algorithms such as RC2"; "Algorithms such as TripleDES", I'm
> > > > not sure what to make of "such as" in these statements -- what are
> > > > the attributes that would qualify for sufficient similarity to match
> > > > the "such as", other than equality?
> > >
> > > I would probably put DES in the same category as RC2 and Camellia in the
> > same category as TripleDES.  The first category is basically - this is
> better than
> > nothing but is not secure.  The second category is basically it is not
> known to
> > be unsecure, but neither is it something that we recommend as using any
> > more.  (In this case 64-bit blocks vs 128-bit blocks).
> > 
> > My question is more, "how do we expect the reader to make these
> > classifications?"  You and I can agree on what they should be based on our
> > prior experience in the field, but not all readers will share that
> background
> > information.
> 
> I'll be honest, I don't expect readers who are not part of the world of
> cryptographic algorithms to make this type of classification.  I expect them
> to use the recommendations for what algorithms to use in the document and
> leave it at that.  I expect that this explains where things are for those
> who do know cryptographic algorithms and thus can understand some of the
> differences.

Okay.  (This is just a COMMENT, so I will trust your judgment.)

> > 
> > > > Do we need to cite RFC 6454 for the specific "web origin" concept
> > > > (as opposed to just the normal English usage of the word)?
> > >
> > > At this point in time I don't know that the idea of "web origin" is
> > > going to match what is needed for S/MIME.  I would prefer to punt this
> > > to a new document which addresses the problem directly
> > 
> > How would a reader of this document know to look for this hypothetical new
> > document?
> 
> Given that we can't point to this hypothetical document I don't think we
> can.  I think it will get some publicity when it is finally published.  In
> the mean time I expect people to slog through the eprint document and need
> to go several iterations to understand what is being said their.  They talk
> about same origin in that document.

Okay.

-Benjamin