[Last-Call] [IPsec] Re: Secdir last call review of draft-ietf-ipsecme-g-ikev2-17

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Russ Housley writes:
> I do not think that RFC 9370 changes are the same as the ones we are discussing here.
> 
> The point has been raised to the Area Directors at this point. I
> will accept whatever they consider best.

I agree with you as a WG chair, and there were others in similar
situation, and I think it is best to create another (very short)
document that will do this change, and nothing else, and make it so it
will catch up g-ikev2 before publication... 

> 
> Russ
> 
> 
> > On Nov 29, 2024, at 2:08 PM, Valery Smyslov <smyslov.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Russ,
> > 
> >> Valery:
> >> 
> >> I react to one response now.  I'll look at the rest later.
> >> 
> >>>> IKEv2 implementers that have no need for group security associations
> >>>> are not likely to read this document.  For this reason, I think it is
> >>>> unwise to include the updates to RFC 7296 here that:
> >>>> 
> >>>> (1) Rename transform type 5 from "Extended Sequence Numbers (ESN)" to
> >>>>   "Anti-Replay Protection (ARP)"; and
> >>>> 
> >>>> (2) Rename IKEv2 authentication method 0 from "Reserved" to "NONE".
> >>> 
> >>> These actions don't change bits on the wire and the semantics of the
> >>> currently defined values - implementers who only read RFC 7296 and
> >> implement IKEv2 accordingly will get compliant implementations.
> >> 
> >> You are missing my point.  Some yet-to-be written RFC will use the new
> >> terminology.  That will confuse an implementer.  It is a very small part of this
> >> document, and I think it belongs in a more mainstream location for the IPsec
> >> implementer.
> > 
> > I believe I see your point. 
> > 
> > We have already passed this way with RFC 9370, which renamed some IKEv2 registries.
> > One may argue that RFC 9370 is more kind of mainstream document, than this draft,
> > but it is still not for every implementer (some may ignore PQ stuff). 
> > 
> > Thus, I don't believe this is a real problem, especially if IANA registry page will 
> > contain notes describing the fact of renaming, the old names and the document
> > that caused it (as it was done with RFC 9370).
> > 
> > If you think that I'm still missing your point, then may I ask you to exemplify
> > the prospected scenario when a careful implementer would be confused.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Valery.
> > 
> >> Russ
> >> 
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