Re: [rt.icann.org #3528] FW: General Request for Assignments (ppp-numbers)

> From: James Carlson <[email protected]>

> Unfortunately, Vern's RFC 3818 doesn't cover ECP assignments, so it
> appears we're still stuck with expert review.  That means we need to
> discuss it here and report consensus back.

My now vague recollections are that 3818 does not mention ECP because
a similar document was advanced specifically for ECP.  I can't seem
to find it in the RFC index.

> I read through BB84, and it appears to be a key-exchange protocol, not
> an encryption algorithm.  Also, it appears to work only with direct
> access to physical media and not with the regular bit stream that PPP
> itself requires.  Thus, I suspect it may not be really appropriate as
> an ECP option, though I suppose it may open up a possibly interesting
> discussion about whether we *should* talk about key distribution as an
> ECP option.  (Whether of the ordinary algorithmic sort, or the more
> hand-wavy x-files area-51 "quantum" sort.)

Where did you read about BB84 for PPP?  

My first thought when I read the message from Michelle Cotton was that
someone is playing a practical joke on the IANA.  It is possible that
someone sane seriously wants to do PPP with quantum cryptography, but
I'd like to see an I-D or at least something more substantial than the
short note from Mohamed Ali.

There have been some serious quantum cryptography efforts that I'd not
call hand-wavy x-files area-51, but they've all been a little "academic"
as opposed to "industrial."  Before the IANA fires up a registry, there
must be an IETF protocol that would use it.  So where is the I-D?


Vernon Schryver    [email protected]

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