Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating

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TLS isn’t “transport layer”. It’s app-layer.

TCP-AO is transport layer - and would similarly protect against middlebox modifications.

Joe

> On Jun 7, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Michael Thomas <mike@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 
> On 6/7/20 12:39 PM, Christian Huitema wrote:
>>> On Jun 7, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Joseph Touch <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Overall, I’d feel a lot better about upending transport checksums if we had evidence that the checksum wasn’t catching errors. If the checksum is correct because it’s being constantly recomputed without being checked, a new alg won’t fix the issue.
>> Or, use a keyed cryptographic checksum and do not give the key to middleboxes.
>> 
> I've always had an unease about transport layer security vs transport IPsec. At least I now have something to hang my hat on.
> 
> Mike
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