Re: [tcpm] [OPSEC] draft-gont-tcp-security

[Todd Glassey <[e-mail]>]

Fernando Gont wrote:
> Lars Eggert wrote:
>
>   
>> I agree with Joe that some of the hardening techniques that vendors are
>> implementing come with consequences (make TCP more brittle). To me, this
>> is a *reason* this document should be published via the IETF (i.e.,
>> TCPM) - we are probably in the best position to correctly evaluate and
>> classify the impact of various hardening techniques. Stack vendors have
>> been putting these mechanisms in to their stacks without clear
>> specifications and discussions of the potential upsides and downsides
>> that would let them make an educated decision. It seems clear to me that
>> the vendor community is looking for guidance here, and I do believe the
>> IETF should give it.
>>     
>
> This is the reason for which the output of the CPNI project was
> submitted as an IETF I-D.
>   
Yeah - so then this would be tested across all of the local TCP 
implementations including the MS, AT&T *(i.e. Lachman Associates Inc) 
and possibly Mentat's fast system?
> Kind regards,
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