Ben - Thanx for the review. Inline.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@nostrum.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:06 PM > To: draft-ietf-isis-genapp....@tools.ietf.org; General Area Review Team > Cc: The IETF > Subject: Gen-ART LC/Telechat Review of draft-ietf-isis-genapp-03.txt > > I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on > Gen-ART, please see the FAQ at > < http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>. > > Please wait for direction from your document shepherd > or AD before posting a new version of the draft. > > Document: draft-ietf-isis-genapp-03.txt > Reviewer: Ben Campbell > Review Date: 05 Oct 2010 > IESG Telechat date: 07 Oct 2010 > > Summary: > > The draft is almost ready for publication as a proposed standard, but I > have some concerns that I think should be addressed first. > > > Major issues: > > -- This draft creates an "expansion" code point in an IANA registry, > where the expansion registration requirements are weaker than those of > the parent registry. This always makes me nervous, as it opens the > window for end-runs around the registration requirements of the parent. > > In this particular instance, the parent registry policy is "expert > review" while the proposed expansion registry policy is "specification > required". This draft puts normative requirements on the content of the > required specifications, and makes additional non-normative statements > about the intended use of the GENINFO code point. This implies to me > that the review process needs to do more than determine that sufficient > specification exists. Rather, it needs to determine that the criteria > in this draft are met by that specification. Therefore, I think that it > would be appropriate for the GENINFO registry to use the "expert > review" policy. >From RFC 5226: "Specification Required - Values and their meanings must be documented in a permanent and readily available public specification, in sufficient detail so that interoperability between independent implementations is possible. When used, Specification Required also implies use of a Designated Expert, who will review the public specification..." We deliberately chose "Specification Required" because: a)It requires a public specification b)It allows the public specification to be other than an RFC c)It requires expert review > > Minor issues: > > -- section 4.2, 2nd paragraph: "Where this is not possible, the two > affected LSPs SHOULD be flooded as an atomic action" > > Any reason that this is not a MUST, since it seems like the safety-net > behavior for when the aforementioned SHOULD is not possible to follow? > It is a recommended behavior. If an implementation does not do this it does not create an interoperability issue - but it may create sub-optimal behavior. > -- Section 4.3: "When information in the two GENINFO TLVs conflicts i.e > there are different settings for a given attribute, the procedure used > to choose which copy shall be used is undefined." > > Should their be normative requirement not to create this undefined > condition in the first place? If the revised version of a GENINFO TLV is sent in an LSP with a different number from the previous version there can be transient windows where other systems have two copies of information regarding the same application. This may be unavoidable. For completeness we specify that the choice of what to do in such transient situations is implementation specific (undefined). This section does specify ways to minimize the occurrence/duration of such transient periods. > > > > -- Security Considerations: > > This seems too lightweight. Is it impossible for GENINFO applications > to include sensitive information? Are there no security guidelines that > should apply to GENINFO application specifications? We have no way of knowing what type of information might be advertised by a given application - and we are not limiting what may be advertised. Clearly the public document which specifies the application would need to address the security issues it introduces. We cannot do that here. > > Even if the answer is that the underlying IS-IS protocol provides > sufficient security for any reasonable use of the GENINFO code point, > it would be worth saying that explicitly. > > Nits/editorial comments: > > -- section 2 > > Please expand IS-IS and PDU on first mention. OK > > -- section 6, last paragraph: > > Expected/desired by whom? Well, at least by the authors. :-) > > -- Outdated reference for draft-ietf-isis-mi It was current at the time the draft was written. Les _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf