The IESG has received a request from the Network Endpoint Assessment WG (nea) to consider the following document: - 'NEA Asokan Attack Analysis' <draft-ietf-nea-asokan-01.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2012-09-26. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract The Network Endpoint Assessment protocols are subject to a subtle forwarding attack that has become known as the NEA Asokan Attack. This document describes the attack and countermeasures that may be mounted. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-nea-asokan/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-nea-asokan/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.