Re: [Teas] Secdir Last Call review of draft-ietf-teas-yang-te-types

"Valery Smyslov" <valery@smyslov.net> Sat, 20 July 2019 11:30 UTC

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From: Valery Smyslov <valery@smyslov.net>
To: 'Tarek Saad' <tsaad.net@gmail.com>, secdir@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [Teas] Secdir Last Call review of draft-ietf-teas-yang-te-types
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Hi Tarek,

thank you for providing the reasoning. I definitely have no problem
with listing RFC8446 as normative, if there is a template and this is
a common practice for YANG model documents. Anyway, it was just a nit.

Regards,
Valery.

> Hi Valery,
> 
> Thanks for the review. Regarding the nit below, we have followed the
> guidelines to as per https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8407#section-3.7.1 which
> has RFC8446 as normative.
> My understanding is this is being used as a template in several other YANG
> RFCs/drafts. Let us know if you still find it an issue and we'll try to address it.
> 
>     Nit: I don't think that reference to TLS1.3 (RFC8446)
>     should be normative. In my understanding readers of this document
>     are not obliged to read and fully understand the details of TLS to be able
>     to import the definitions and create a TE-related YANG module.
> 
> Regards,
> Tarek
> 
> On 5/8/19, 4:28 AM, "Teas on behalf of Valery Smyslov" <teas-
> bounces@ietf.org on behalf of valery@smyslov.net> wrote:
> 
>     Reviewer: Valery Smyslov
>     Review result: Ready with Nits
> 
>     I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's
>     ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the
>     IESG.  These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the
>     security area directors.  Document editors and WG chairs should treat
>     these comments just like any other last call comments.
> 
> 
>     The draft defines a set of common YANG elements (typedefs, identities and
> groupings)
>     that are intended to be used in Traffic Engineering related YANG modules.
>     The draft as such doesn't have security implications. The Security
> Considerations
>     section contains general advices on using YANG with data management
>     protocols (like NETCONF or RESTCONF), which are applicable when
>     these definitions are imported and used in other YANG modules.
>     The advices include using secure protocols (SSH for NETCONF and TLS1.3 for
> RESTCONF)
>     and implementing access control for sensitive YANG data nodes.
> 
>     Nit: I don't think that reference to TLS1.3 (RFC8446)
>     should be normative. In my understanding readers of this document
>     are not obliged to read and fully understand the details of TLS to be able
>     to import the definitions and create a TE-related YANG module.
> 
> 
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