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Re: [radext] #23: Comments



#23: Comments


Comment(by bernard_aboba@â):

 It is proposed that we change the following text in Section 4.3:

    Proposals MUST NOT introduce new capabilities negotation features
    into the RADIUS protocol, but rather MUST use the existing
    mechanisms.  Included in such negotiation techniques are "hint and
    accept" and "hint and reject" mechanisms, where the NAS (RADIUS
    client) provides a list of supported algorithms and the RADIUS server
    selects one.

 To:

 Negotiation of cryptographic algorithms MAY occur within the
 RADIUS protocol, or within a lower layer such as the transport
 layer.  Since RADIUS is a request/response protocol, the ability to
 negotiate cryptographic algorithms within RADIUS is inherently
 limited.  While a RADIUS request can provide a list of supported
 cryptographic algorithms which can selected for use within a response,
 prior to the receipt of a response, the cryptographic algorithms
 utilized to provide security services within the request will need to be
 pre-configured.
 Since legacy implementations not supporting crypto-agility will
 silently discard requests not protected by legacy algorithms,
 in the absence of knowledge about the capabilities of the
 recipient, requests will need to be protected by legacy algorithms.

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 Reporter:  glenzorn@â            |       Owner:  bernard_aboba@â          
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major                 |   Milestone:  milestone1               
Component:  Crypto-Agility        |     Version:  1.0                      
 Severity:  Active WG Document    |    Keywords:                           
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Ticket URL: <https://wiki.tools.ietf.org/wg/radext/trac/ticket/23#comment:1>
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