On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 2:50 PM Jonathan Lennox <jonathan.len...@8x8.com>
wrote:

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> On Aug 6, 2023, at 5:22 PM, Rob Sayre <say...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 2:14 PM Eric Rescorla <e...@rtfm.com> wrote:
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>> Sure. Though with that said, DTLS-SRTP should use the same code points
>> for 1.2 and 1.3, so I don't actually know if this is an exception after all.
>>
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> I think the issue is still there in a spec lawyer kind of way. So, after
> this draft is published, would we say a new DTLS-SRTP cipher suite is
> defined for use in DTLS 1.2?
>
> That seems like the goal of the Github issue.
>
>
> That was indeed the goal of my initial Github issue, but on further
> reflection, I’m more concerned.
>
> As Achim’s mail indicated, as far as I know wolfSSL is the only library
> currently with a released DTLS 1.3 implementation, and many of the other
> common TLS libraries — most notably including the OpenSSL family — don’t
> seem to have any current plans to do so.
>
> If this situation doesn’t change before we need PQ KEMs to enter
> production, then there’ll be no way to protect DTLS-protected traffic —
> notably including WebRTC and other DTLS-SRTP traffic — from
> harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks.
>
> Hopefully the eventual need for PQ support will incentivize stack
> developers to work on DTLS 1.3, but I’m worried.
>
> I don’t know if this would warrant actually defining PQ KEMs for DTLS 1.2
> — will stack implementors implement that if they won’t do DTLS 1.3? — but
> it’s something to think about.
>

These seem like good reasons for stack implementors to do DTLS 1.3.

-Ekr


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> -Ekr
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>> On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 1:59 PM Rob Sayre <say...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 11:48 AM Eric Rescorla <e...@rtfm.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 9:58 AM Rob Sayre <say...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There's also the fact that the TLS 1.3 was published in August 2018,
>>>>> but DTLS 1.3 wasn't published until April 2022. So, it is kind of
>>>>> reasonable to allow some extra time here.
>>>>>
>>>>> The WG could say this document doesn't apply to DTLS. Another choice
>>>>> would be to say that it does apply to DTLS, but the WG will continue to
>>>>> accept work for DTLS 1.2 that is DTLS-specific. The aim here being that
>>>>> DTLS is not used as an excuse to continue to work on 1.2.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This seems like a fine proposal. However, as a practical matter, there
>>>> are very few changes one could make to DTLS that would not also apply to
>>>> TLS, so aside from DTLS-SRTP cipher suites, I'm not sure how much
>>>> difference it makes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Makes sense, let's just not try to prove a negative in insisting that
>>> DTLS-SRTP cipher suites are the only such thing.
>>>
>>> "Further, TLS 1.3 use is widespread, and new protocols should require
>>> and assume its existence. DTLS 1.3 is a newer specification. New
>>> algorithms or extensions that apply solely to DTLS, such as DTLS-SRTP
>>> cipher suites, will be considered for DTLS 1.2."
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>
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