65 - jari's editorial issues
Jari Arkko <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:47:07 +0300
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.mobike |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Proposed text: >>In the current >> specifications, the IPsec and IKE SAs are created implicitly between >> the IP addresses that are used when the IKE_SA is established. >> >s/current specifications/base IKEv2 protocol/ > > See above. >> user interaction for authentication (entering a code from a token >> card, for instance). >> >.... authentication, such as entering ... > > See above. >>3.1. Basic Operation >> >2nd para: it would be useful to state early that ike exchange >initiator decides the addresses to use for that exchange. Right >now you only talk about IPsec addresses. I know this is part of >ikev2, but the reader may not have the background to understand >this. > > MOBIKE solves this problem by taking a simple approach: the party that initiated the IKE_SA ... => MOBIKE solves this problem by taking a simple approach Firstly, for every IKE exchange, the initiator of that exchange decides which addresses to use for IKE itself. Secondly, the party that initiated the IKE_SA ... >>3.2. Example Protocol Runs >> >2nd example, Step 3 needs to show that the response is lost. > >The 2nd example should also explain better why COOKIE2 >is needed in Step 4. > > This was already discussed in the context of issue 59 so I won't add the text here. >>3.4. Limitations >> >> >Probably worthwhile to explain this earlier, maybe as Section >1.1. > > Just move it there. >>4.8. NAT Prohibition >> >This section would benefit from a message flow example. > >> The attackers in this threat can be either outsiders or even one of >> the IKEv2 peers. In usual VPN usage scenarios, attacks by the peers >> can be easily dealt with if the authentication performed in the >> initial IKEv2 negotiation can be traced to persons who can be held >> responsible for the attack. This may not be the case in all >> scenarios, particularly with opportunistic approaches to security. >> >> >s/persons/persons or devices/? > See above. --Jari