[AusNOG] Consensus from the IETF 88 Technical Plenary - Internet hardening

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

IETF needs to also insure rigor with adding encryption that those working
on the protocols aren't undermining them - ref
http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg12325.html

Also, wonder what happened to the MUST parts of
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4294#page-10 ?

Given the reference above, and the distinct LACK of IPSEC with IPv6 the
tinfoil hat wearing part of me wonders ...

MMC


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 2:17 PM, George Fong <george at lateralplains.com>wrote:

>  Apologies for the cross posting but I think this is one worth tracking:
>
>
> A sad but inevitable resolution of where things might need to go. This is
> a first take, reported on Google+ of the Consensus reached.
>
>
> *Arturo Servin originally shared to IETF (Discussion):*
>
> The consensus today (taken from the transcript of the Technical Plenary)
> appear to be:
>
>
> 1 "WE ALL BELIEVE THAT PERVASIVE SURVEILLANCE IS AN ATTACK AND THE IETF
> NEEDS TO ADJUST OUR THREAT MODEL TO CONSIDER IT WHEN DEVELOPING
> STANDARDS TRACK SPECIFICATIONS, SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS EVOLVED
> THREAT MODEL WHEN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO STANDARDS TRACK SPECIFICATIONS
> ARE ACCEPTABLE OR NOT"
>
> 2 "THE IETF SHOULD INCLUDE ENCRYPTION EVEN OUTSIDE OF AUTHENTICATION
> WHERE PRACTICAL."
>
> 3 "THE IETF SHOULD STRIVE FOR END-TO-END ENCRYPTION EVEN WHEN THERE ARE
> MIDDLE BOXES IN THE PATH."
>
> 4 " THE IETF SHOULD CREATE SECURE VERSIONS OF POPULAR NON-SECURE
> PROTOCOLS"
>
>
> Cheers
> g.
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