Re: [OPSAWG] Plans for advancing RFC7860 to full standard?

2016-08-03 Thread Johannes Merkle
Hi Matjaz, others on this list have more insight in the availability and interoperability of implementations, and Robert has already provided some information. If and when the WG decides that it is time to proceed the RFC to maturity level Internet Standard we would be happy to cooperate. Best

[OPSAWG] Fwd: I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-new-05.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Johannes Merkle
Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMPv3 Authors : Johannes Merkle Manfred Lochter Filename: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-new-05.txt Pages : 14 Date: 2016-03-18 Abstract: This document specifies

Re: [OPSAWG] RFC 7630 on HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3

2015-10-15 Thread Johannes Merkle
Association Management Solutions, LLC > > > _______ > OPSAWG mailing list > OPSAWG@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Dr. Johannes Merkle Principal Division Innere Sicherheit secunet S

Re: [OPSAWG] draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-06 about to send to the rfc editor.

2015-06-24 Thread Johannes Merkle
needless to say that I agree with that ;-) Johannes joel jaeggli schrieb am 24.06.2015 um 17:40: > On 6/22/15 7:30 AM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote: >> On 6/18/15, 1:21 , "joel jaeggli" wrote: >> >>> Stephen Farrell's comment ( and former dicuss) I think should be food >>> for thought

Re: [OPSAWG] Stephen Farrell's Yes on draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-06: (with COMMENT)

2015-05-18 Thread Johannes Merkle
Kathleen Moriarty schrieb am 14.05.2015 um 15:58: > > I agree with Stephen. My yes was because more secure options are defined, > but less would be good. There was some discussion on this (admittedly by quite few participants) and my summary was as follows > Question 3: Which (sub)set of prot

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-06.txt

2015-04-22 Thread Johannes Merkle
raft is a work item of the Operations and Management Area Working > Group Working Group of the IETF. > > Title : HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for > SNMPv3 > Authors : Johannes Merkle > Manfred Lochter >

Re: [OPSAWG] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-05

2015-04-20 Thread Johannes Merkle
another suggestion: I'd linke to change the title from HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMP to HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMPv3 ^^ Do you agree? -- Johannes

Re: [OPSAWG] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-05

2015-04-20 Thread Johannes Merkle
Dear all, I will revise the draft according to the remaining comments. Johannes Christer Holmberg schrieb am 14.04.2015 um 13:08: > Hi Tom, > >>> Q1_10-1: In the IANA Considerations section, IANA is requested to register >>> new values. However, it is not mentioned in which registry the new va

[OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-05.txt

2015-03-23 Thread Johannes Merkle
this one addresses *all* of Juergen's comments Johannes Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-05.txt Datum: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:15:24 -0700 Von: internet-dra...@ietf.org An: Johannes Merkle , Manfred Lo

[OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-04.txt

2015-03-23 Thread Johannes Merkle
this revision addresses Juergen's issues. Johannes Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-04.txt Datum: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:47:16 -0700 Von: internet-dra...@ietf.org An: Johannes Merkle , Manfred Lo

Re: [OPSAWG] Start of WGLC for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp - *please* review.

2015-03-11 Thread Johannes Merkle
Warren Kumari schrieb am 06.03.2015 um 18:45: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Juergen Schoenwaelder > wrote: >> Dear chairs, >> >> I think I raised some points during WG last call that should be >> addressed and I think others supported this. So I would assume that a >> revised I-D is needed

Re: [OPSAWG] Start of WGLC for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp - *please* review.

2015-03-09 Thread Johannes Merkle
I am not sure, how to resolve this comment. Please give advice. Juergen Schoenwaelder schrieb am 20.02.2015 um 17:49: > - The comment behind LAST-UPDATED is wrong (this happens once >there is redundant information) Shouldn't the dates specified in LAST-UPDATED and REVISION be the publication

Re: [OPSAWG] Start of WGLC for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp - *please* review.

2015-03-02 Thread Johannes Merkle
Warren Kumari schrieb am 20.02.2015 um 15:47: > Dear OpsAWG WG, > > The authors of draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-03 have indicated > that they believe that the document is ready, and have asked for > Working Group Last Call. > The draft is available here: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc

Re: [OPSAWG] Start of WGLC for draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp - *please* review.

2015-02-25 Thread Johannes Merkle
> Putting on the mib doctor hat, I ran smilint over the mib module as well > using faux oids, smilint reports clean. > Thanks for checking this. As Juergen pointed out there are some small issues in the MIB module which I will fix as soon as the WG LC has ended. > > In the Security Considera

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action:draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-03.txt

2015-02-20 Thread Johannes Merkle
>> this draft addresses Warren's comments. > > and mine your's had been addressed by version 02 already. Johannes ___ OPSAWG mailing list OPSAWG@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-03.txt

2015-02-20 Thread Johannes Merkle
Working > Group Working Group of the IETF. > > Title : HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMP > Authors : Johannes Merkle > Manfred Lochter > Filename: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-02.txt

2015-02-17 Thread Johannes Merkle
aft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > This draft is a work item of the Operations and Management Area Working > Group Working Group of the IETF. > > Title : HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMP > Authors

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action:draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2015-02-17 Thread Johannes Merkle
Tom, >>> > > s9.2 >>> > > is it the length of the key that gives it strength or its entropy? >>> > > Is abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd0004 >>> > > really stronger than !qaurk/99SS~ ? >> > >> > Strictly speaking, you are right, but it is common sense that > cryptograp

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action:draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2015-01-29 Thread Johannes Merkle
Tom, thanks for the thorough review. This really helps improving the document. > s4.2.1 step 2 uses RFC6234 in a way that I think must make it a > Normative reference. RFC6234 is not Standards Track but that is ok, it > is already in the list of IESG permitted downrefs (does that need > calling

Re: [OPSAWG] New Version Notification for draft-du-opsawg-snmp-key-localization-00.txt

2015-01-23 Thread Johannes Merkle
Fangliang (Leon, ICSL) schrieb am 23.01.2015 um 08:54: > The current Key Localization Algorithm have obvious vulnerability. We never > see such cryptographic algorithm defect in other widely used protocol. Hacker > communities have mentioned the current key localization method as a loophole, > a

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2015-01-15 Thread Johannes Merkle
Drafts > directories. > This draft is a work item of the Operations and Management Area Working > Group Working Group of the IETF. > > Title : HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMP > Authors : Johannes Merkle >

Re: [OPSAWG] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-12-17 Thread Johannes Merkle
> I have one minor suggestion. The names of the protocols are not always > consistent. For example, section 4 uses usmHMAC128SHA224AuthProtocol, > section 4.1 uses usm128HMACSHA224AuthProtocol, and the MIB uses > usmHmac128Sha224Protocol. I suggest using names of the form > usmHMAC128SHA224AuthPro

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-12-02 Thread Johannes Merkle
Warren Kumari wrote on 26.11.2014 18:54: > So, dear authors, please resubmit as.. etc. ok, we will do so. Are there any further suggestion, e.g., from the authors of draft-hartman-snmp-sha2, for modifications? Now is the right time to express them. -- Johannes

Re: [OPSAWG] New Version Notification for draft-du-opsawg-snmp-key-localization-00.txt

2014-12-02 Thread Johannes Merkle
Hedanping (Ana) wrote on 01.12.2014 04:51: > The security of SNMP is emerged to be enhanced . Besides customers won't > check RFC before using SNMP devices, thus they are not aware of this > vulnerability. Vendors have to implement extra modules to constrain user > behavior, but not all the ven

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-10-27 Thread Johannes Merkle
> We chairs see a preference on the opsawg mailing list to adopt > draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp as a working group document. > > That said, we would like to request that the authors of the two > drafts try one more time to compromise on a single document. > Actually, I hoped that my suggestion on

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-10-27 Thread Johannes Merkle
[I just realized that the authors of draft-hartman-snmp-sha2 were not in cc] > We chairs see a preference on the opsawg mailing list to adopt > draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp as a working group document. > > That said, we would like to request that the authors of the two > drafts try one more time

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-10-24 Thread Johannes Merkle
t.petch wrote on 25.09.2014 18:42: > A month on, what is the WG chairs take on this? Good question. Even more time has passed by now. Maybe it helps, if I summarize the results of my poll. Hereby, I assume that the authors of the two drafts prefer their respective approach (a presumption, I can

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-09-23 Thread Johannes Merkle
Uri Blumenthal asked me to forward his answers below to the list (he is not subscribed). Johannes Original Message Betreff: Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp Datum: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:19:38 + Von: Blumenthal, Uri - 0558 - MITLL An: Johannes

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-09-04 Thread Johannes Merkle
Warren Kumari wrote on 02.09.2014 17:27: > These sound like reasonable questions to me -- lets give this a few > days to see where things settle (hint: if you have views on this > topic, please reply so your views are heard). Actually, I'll have to give it two weeks as I will be on holiday. --

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-09-01 Thread Johannes Merkle
As Warren asked us to check the option of combining both drafts, I'm not sure if a general vote for one draft is the best way forward. I would appreciate if all interested parties (incl Tom and David) could indicate their preference in the following 3 questions: 1. Should the protocols be descr

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-08-28 Thread Johannes Merkle
Hedanping (Ana) wrote on 28.08.2014 06:40: > >> Johannes wrote on 27.08.2014 19:46: >> >> The purpose of our delta-description was to make clear that the basic >> protocol >> design of RFC 3414 does not change (only the hash function and the lengths of >> some data) and to facilitate implementati

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-08-27 Thread Johannes Merkle
Sam Hartman wrote on 26.08.2014 22:26: > I've reviewed both draft-hartman-snmp-sha2 and > draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp. > > In general, I believe that draft-hartman-snmp-sha2 provides a better > starting point for a SHA2 authentication algorithm for USM. In general, I would have no objections with t

Re: [OPSAWG] Call for Adoption: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp

2014-08-15 Thread Johannes Merkle
>> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Warren Kumari >> (as OpsAWG WG co-chair) >> >> ___ >> OPSAWG mailing list >> OPSAWG@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg > > ___

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-01.txt

2014-06-18 Thread Johannes Merkle
Another try to gather some feedback. Some people have already expressed their support for adopting the draft and have provided feedback to previous version, so I put them on cc. Please indicate, if you see any issues. Johannes Johannes Merkle wrote on 26.05.2014 11:21: > so far, there

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-01.txt

2014-05-26 Thread Johannes Merkle
so far, there has been no feedback on the new version, but the discussion on the previous one indicated considerable interest. Does the silence indicate "no objections" or are there still issues? Should the draft be adopted by the WG? Johannes Johannes Merkle wrote on 06.05.2014 1

[OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-01.txt

2014-05-06 Thread Johannes Merkle
8:29 -0700 Von: An: Johannes Merkle , Manfred Lochter , Manfred Lochter , Johannes Merkle A new version of I-D, draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-01.txt has been successfully submitted by Johannes Merkle and posted to the IETF repository. Name: draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp Revision:

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-04-01 Thread Johannes Merkle
Wes, > I'm not entirely convinced that a 256bit truncation is better than a 384 > bit truncation, so my preference would be to include just two (not 6) > algorithms because I don't think they're all needed and will just make > things more confusing. So I'd pick the best two of the 6 and go with >

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-03-28 Thread Johannes Merkle
Blumenthal, Uri - 0558 - MITLL wrote on 28.03.2014 15:39: > Truncation is probably specified in some of the RFCs produced *based on* > the Suite B spec. I thin they're in line with IPsec, i.e., HMAC-SHA1-96. > It is specified in NIST SP 800-107rev1, Section 5.3.3 -- Johannes

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-03-28 Thread Johannes Merkle
t.petch wrote on 27.03.2014 19:02: > Some more red tape. > > The copyright in the MIB module is 2004. oops! Got me, I copied and modified that from RFC 3826. > > You used the word 'SHALL' in s.3 which says to me that you need a > reference to RFC2119 and the boilerplate associated with it. Ri

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-03-28 Thread Johannes Merkle
Blumenthal, Uri - 0558 - MITLL wrote on 27.03.2014 17:46: > On 3/27/14 10:23 , "t.petch" wrote: >> a good model to follow, which Uri's suggestion does. > > :-) Yep! Ok, I will change names accordingly. >> So my thinking would be either a MUST implement for one, or recommend >> that all sho

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-03-28 Thread Johannes Merkle
David Reid wrote on 25.03.2014 19:06: > > I would prefer shrinking the number of choices and using the truncated > ones, although I don't feel strongly about that preference. Please have a second look: all of them are truncated, they only differ in the extend of truncation. Which truncation len

Re: [OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-03-25 Thread Johannes Merkle
Blumenthal, Uri - 0558 - MITLL schrieb am 25.03.2014 16:52: > On 3/25/14 11:33 , "t.petch" wrote: > >> I am confused by your choice of names. The text uses, e.g., >> usmHMACSHA224128AuthProtocol >> >> whereas the MIB module has >> >> usmHmacSha224128Protocol >> >> Do these refer to the same ide

[OPSAWG] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-00.txt

2014-03-24 Thread Johannes Merkle
Dear all, a while ago, I had announced a draft on a new USM authentication protocol HMAC-SHA-256-128 for use in SNMP. Following Uri's suggestion (and with his valuable support) I have considerably extended the draft: - Further SHA-2 based HMAC authentication protocols have been included to pro

Re: [OPSAWG] draft-hmac-sha-256-128-usm-snmp-00

2013-11-20 Thread Johannes Merkle
>> >> The new protocol is a straightforward adaptation of the protocols >> HMAC-MD5-96 and HMAC-SHA-96 from RFC 3414 to the SHA-256 based HMAC >> with truncation to 128 bits. Comments and suggestions are welcome. > > Would it be valuable to also add SHA-512? > > We actually implemented all 4 bi

Re: [OPSAWG] draft-hmac-sha-256-128-usm-snmp-00

2013-11-05 Thread Johannes Merkle
stupid me, I forgot to include the link to the draft: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hmac-sha-256-128-usm-snmp-00.txt http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hmac-sha-256-128-usm-snmp-00 Johannes Johannes Merkle schrieb am 05.11.2013 16:58: > we have published a draft on a

[OPSAWG] draft-hmac-sha-256-128-usm-snmp-00

2013-11-05 Thread Johannes Merkle
we have published a draft on a new authentication protocol for USM for SNMP. Abstract This memo specifies a new optional HMAC-SHA-256-128 authentication protocol for the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3 defined in RFC 3414. The new protocol is a straightforward adaptation of t