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Re: I-D Action:draft-ietf-radext-management-authorization-02.txt



On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 08:52:45AM -0500, David B. Nelson wrote:

> The resolution to this particular set of comments was to change the
> attribute to Management-Transport-Protection, and only provision that which
> is important -- the level of protection required for the remote management
> session.  The four possible values of this attribute are:
> 
>    o  No-Protection: No transport protection is required.  Accept
>       connections via any supported transport.
> 
>    o  Integrity-Protection: The management session requires protection
>       in a secure or protected transport, that is supported by the
>       management access protocol and implementation.  The secure
>       transport MUST provide Integrity Protection.
> 
>    o  Confidentiality-Protection: The management session requires
>       protection in a secure or protected transport, that is supported
>       by the management access protocol and implementation.  The secure
>       transport MUST provide Confidentiality Protection.
> 
>    o  Integrity-Confidentiality-Protection: The management session
>       requires protection in a secure or protected transport, that is
>       supported by the management access protocol and implementation.
>       The secure transport MUST provide both Integrity Protection and
>       Confidentiality Protection.

I like the general approach.

I am wondering however how authentication fits into the above list or
whether you assume integrity-protection and confidentiality-protection
imply authentication of the two parties involved.

/js

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