The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Security Threats for Simplified Multicast Forwarding (SMF)' (draft-ietf-manet-smf-sec-threats-06.txt) as Informational RFC This document is the product of the Mobile Ad-hoc Networks Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Alia Atlas and Deborah Brungard. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-manet-smf-sec-threats/ Technical Summary This document analyzes security threats of the Simplified Multicast Forwarding (SMF), including the vulnerabilities of duplicate packet detection and relay set selection mechanisms. This document is not intended to propose solutions to the threats described. Working Group Summary Not a lot of WG discussion, but also no objections. Document Quality The document describes the key security issues for the protocol it considers (SMF), i.e. duplicate packet detection and relay selection, the main issues regarding which are clearly described. Personnel Document Shepherd = Christopher Dearlove Responsible Area Director = Alvaro Retana
