Re: Call for Community Feedback: Guidance on Reporting Protocol Vulnerabilities

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  Howdy,

  Not all RFCs are the product of a working group so I think the section dealing with "Expectations from the IETF" should address what the IETF feels it should do wrt to RFCs published by the IETF that were not products of a working group. The existing text seems to only address issues with RFCs that were the produce of a (possibly closed) working group. This probably has an influence on Figure 1 too--
to be specific, before the decision of "4" there should be a decision on the
question of whether this is about an RFC that the IETF feels it needs to address.

  regards,

  Dan.

On 10/23/20 11:46 AM, Roman Danyliw wrote:
Hi!

The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is seeking community input on reporting protocol vulnerabilities to the IETF.  Specifically, the IESG is proposing guidance to be added to the website at [1] to raise awareness on how the IETF handles this information in the standards process.  The full text (which would be converted to a web page) is at:

https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/Guidance_on_Reporting_Vulnerabilities_to_the_IETF_sqEX1Ly.pdf

This text is intended to be written in an accessible style to help vulnerability researchers, who may not be familiar with the IETF, navigate existing processes to disclose and remediate these vulnerabilities.  With the exception of creating a last resort reporting email alias (protocol-vulnerability@xxxxxxxx), this text is describing current practices in the IETF, albeit ones that may not be consistently applied.

This guidance will serve as a complement to the recently written IETF LLC infrastructure and protocol vulnerability disclosure statement [2].

The IESG appreciates any input from the community on the proposed text and will consider all input received by November 7, 2020.

Regards,
Roman
(for the IESG)

[1] This guidance text would be added to a new URL at https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/vulnerabilities, and then referenced from www.ietf.org/contact, https://www.ietf.org/standards/process/, https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/, and https://www.ietf.org/topics/security/

[2] https://www.ietf.org/about/administration/policies-procedures/vulnerability-disclosure



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