Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-13 Thread Marshall Eubanks
If I am reading this correctly the UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure wants the IETF (or some other body) to produce a "companion document to the IETF specifications that discusses the security aspects and implications of the protocols, identifies the existing vulnerabi

Re: Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-13 Thread Keith Moore
Marshall Eubanks wrote: > If I am reading this correctly the UK Centre for the Protection of > National Infrastructure > wants the IETF (or some other body) to produce a "companion document to > the IETF specifications that discusses the security aspects and > implications of the protocols, identif

Re: Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-13 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Keith Moore wrote: > Marshall Eubanks wrote: >> If I am reading this correctly the UK Centre for the Protection of >> National Infrastructure >> wants the IETF (or some other body) to produce a "companion document to >> the IETF specifications that discusses the security aspects and >> implications

Re: Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-14 Thread Keith Moore
Joel Jaeggli wrote: > Keith Moore wrote: >> Marshall Eubanks wrote: >>> If I am reading this correctly the UK Centre for the Protection of >>> National Infrastructure >>> wants the IETF (or some other body) to produce a "companion document to >>> the IETF specifications that discusses the security

Re: Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-14 Thread Jari Arkko
Keith, Joel, It's difficult to imagine that these things could be adequately captured in a static document, for TCP or any other protocol, because new threats and countermeasures continue to be identified decades after the base protocol is well-settled. Maybe something like an expanded version

Re: Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-14 Thread TSG
Joel Jaeggli wrote: Keith Moore wrote: Marshall Eubanks wrote: If I am reading this correctly the UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure wants the IETF (or some other body) to produce a "companion document to the IETF specifications that discusses the security aspects a