On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 18:19, Dhruv Dhody <d...@dhruvdhody.com> wrote:

> Hi Tiru,
>
> Now that the document is in the RFC Editor queue, I would caution against
> making further updates in this document unless we have to.
>
> This document just adds another association-type and the comments are more
> of a generic nature. If the WG feels that any update is needed, it makes
> sense to do that independently. More inline...
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM tirumal reddy <kond...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Reviewer: Tirumaleswar Reddy
>> Review result:  Ready with issues
>>
>> I apologize for missing the deadline for this review.
>>
>> This document relies on [RFC5440], [RFC8231], [RFC8281] and [RFC8697] for
>> security considerations. RFC5440 discusses the use of TCP-MD5 (obsoleted),
>> TCP Authentication Option and TLS 1.2. Further, RFC5440 refers to RFC7525
>> for TLS recommendations.
>>
>> draft-ietf-pce-vn-association says use of TLS is recommended.
>>
>> My comments below:
>>
>> 1. Any specific reason for using "SHOULD" instead of using "MUST" for
>> TLS. If TLS is not used in certain scenarios, how is a malicious PCEP
>> speaker detected ?
>>
>
> The use of TCP-AO for instance.
>

I am not sure how the identity of the PCEP speaker is validated using
TCP-AO.


>
> 2. Do you see any challenges encouraging the use of TLS 1.3 ?
>>
>
> It is a work in progress. See
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dhody-pce-pceps-tls13/
>
>
>
>> 3. You may want to make it clear that this document does not rely on
>> TCP-MD5.
>>
>
> That is well established. See
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6952.html#section-2.5
>
>
>
>> 4. If existing implementations are using TLS 1.2, I suggest referring to
>> the recommendations in draft-ietf-uta-rfc7525bis instead of rfc7525. Please
>> see Appendix A in draft-ietf-uta-rfc7525bis, it highlights the differences
>> with rfc7525.
>>
>>
> RFC 7525 will get obsoleted by the new RFC# assigned for the bis
> eventually. We can also update RFC 8253 if needed. I dont think we should
> bury this in this small extension though.
>
> Thanks!
> Dhruv
>
>
>
>> Cheers,
>> -Tiru
>>
>
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