Hi Stan,
Am 23.04.2016 um 00:15 schrieb Stan Ratliff <ratliffstan@xxxxxxxxx>:
Lotte,
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Lotte Steenbrink
<lotte.steenbrink@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lotte.steenbrink@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi all,
so after the shitstorm has calmed down a bit, I hope your spirits are still
intact :/ I’ve been trying to just respond to the discussions as good as I
can for now. (Unless any of you take me aside and tell me I’m doing the
opposite of helping, I’ll try to do more soon)
You're doing FANTASTIC! I've been laying back a bit - the discussion is
turning positive, and that's great for both AODVv2 and for the WG in general.
It looks like people are trying to coalesce and advance the draft instead of
just hammering one another.
The remaining issues I can remember are:
1- figuring out the exact way we can say „before calculating the ICV, set the
metric value to 0“ and remove any mention of regeneration from the draft
Yeah. Based on the discussion on-list lately, I wonder if some text about
AODVv2 "modifying the metric field" in the message, but leaving the rest
unchanged. In that case, your text exactly applies - "Prior to calculating
the ICV, and checking the received ICV value, the metric MUST be saved, and
replaced with '0'. After comparison, and prior to transmission, the metric
value MUST be replaced with the correct metric for the next-hop
transmission." Or words to that effect.
2- re-adding hopcount and/or(?) hoplimit to the draft
3- fancy generic metrics like OLSR does it (see also RFC7185)
Is this worth the effort? I'm not opposed, I'm just worried that it opens a
pretty big rathole.
4- Improving the security considerations? Especially considering BCP107
I think I can figure out 1 (might need help with the details), I’ll probably
get confused by 2 (but Vicky’s really good with that kind of stuff?), I’ve
noticed I’m in way over my head with 3 and regarding 4– I think Key
Management is too difficult of an issue for someone who is learning about
that kind of stuff in class just now, but I might be able to contribute to
other parts of the security considerations.
Did I miss anything? Does someone want to shepherd a certain task? (Do you
want to continue at all? ^^)
To be honest, I'm in something of the same boat you are with regard to key
management - I'm not a security expert, and I don't play one on TV... ;-)
Maybe we should just admit we're novices here, and beg for help on-list?
Does anyone have other recommendations?
(Yes, I want to continue. I'd like to see the draft published, and see the WG
break the logjam.)
Regards,
Stan
Best,
Lotte
