Re: [Dime] WG Review: Recharter of Diameter Maintenance and Extensions (dime)

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Regarding end-to-end security: I believe we should separate the procedure for establishing the keys from the actual protection. 
I could imagine a couple of different ways to establish the keys. 

Does that sound reasonable?


On Jan 13, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Glen Zorn wrote:

> On 1/13/2012 1:14 PM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Glen! Can we see (at least) a couple of more hands from people
>> willing to participate in the editing of this document?
> 
> Personally, I think that one editor is enough ;-).  I think that we
> could use some people providing technical expertise, though...
> 
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Glen Zorn [mailto:glenzorn@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Fri 1/13/2012 5:34 AM
>> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
>> Cc: Stephen Farrell; jouni korhonen; jouni.korhonen@xxxxxxx;
>> lionel.morand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dime@xxxxxxxx; IETF-Discussion;
>> iesg@xxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Dime] WG Review: Recharter of Diameter Maintenance and
>> Extensions (dime)
>> 
>> On 1/12/2012 7:15 PM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> If a number of hands were raised now and the folks commanding them say
>>> 'we are ready to work on this NOW' I would support including explicit
>>> wording in the charter.
>> 
>> Consider my hand raised.
>> 
>> If this does not happen until the telechat next
>>> week the current text is good enough to allow interested people to start
>>> working on contributions that can be individual submissions. If these
>>> submissions are consistent enough the WG can add the milestone later in
>>> the charter and adopt the submissions as WG items.
>>> 
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: iesg-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:iesg-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>>> Stephen Farrell
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:13 PM
>>>> To: jouni korhonen
>>>> Cc: jouni.korhonen@xxxxxxx; lionel.morand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>>>> dime@xxxxxxxx; IETF-Discussion; iesg@xxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: WG Review: Recharter of Diameter Maintenance and
>>>> Extensions (dime)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Jouni,
>>>> 
>>>> Right, I'm trying to encourage this - I'm not trying
>>>> to make it a gating function for the recharter. Its
>>>> still worth doing though if we can find some victims
>>>> with enough energy:-)
>>>> 
>>>> I agree that the current charter text might not need
>>>> to be modified, OTOH, if there were folks who wanted to
>>>> do the work, a milestone might be good. I also agree
>>>> that as of now, that addition is not warranted.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> S
>>>> 
>>>> On 01/12/2012 12:08 PM, jouni korhonen wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Stephen,
>>>>> 
>>>>> This topic raises its head every now and then when a Dime
>>>>> document arrives at IESG ;) Apart from that there has been
>>>>> very little serious public discussion about it recently,
>>>>> for some unknown reason to me. A detail worth pointing out
>>>>> is that the support for the End-to-End security framework
>>>>> (E2E-Sequence AVP and 'P'-bit in the AVP header) has been
>>>>> deprecated in RFC3588bis (now in IESG). So we are "free"
>>>>> to start from scratch.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If there is enough serious energy and vision for pursuing
>>>>> end-to-end security, I do not see current proposed charter
>>>>> text prohibiting it:
>>>>> 
>>>>> "- Maintaining and/or progressing, along the standards track, the
>>>>>    Diameter Base protocol and Diameter Applications. This includes
>>>>>    extensions to Diameter Base protocol that can be considered as
>>>>>    enhanced features or bug fixes."
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would argue the end-to-end security is an enhanced feature for
>>>>> Diameter base protocol that fixes a serious bug/flaw in security.
>>>>> On the other hand, if an explicit note is needed about this topic
>>>>> in the charter, I might hesitate to include such in this round.
>>>>> I would first like to see some concrete movement&  work around
>>>>> this topic.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Jouni
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> During the IESG internal review of this I asked whether
>>>>>> or not there was interest in trying to tackle end to
>>>>>> end security for AVPs. I do know there is at least some
>>>>>> interest in that but its not clear there's enough to
>>>>>> warrant including it in the re-charter so I said I'd
>>>>>> ask when the recharter went out for review...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So - anyone interested in DIME solving that problem?
>>>>>> (And willing and able to help do the work of course.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As of now, Diameter really only has hop-by-hop security
>>>>>> which is ok in many cases but far from ideal (wearing
>>>>>> my security hat) in some.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Stephen.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 01/11/2012 04:37 PM, IESG Secretary wrote:
>>>>>>> A modified charter has been submitted for the Diameter Maintenance
>>>> and
>>>>>>> Extensions (dime) working group in the Operations and Management
>>>> Area of
>>>>>>> the IETF.  The IESG has not made any determination as yet.  The
>>>> modified
>>>>>>> charter is provided below for informational purposes only.  Please
>>>> send
>>>>>>> your comments to the IESG mailing list (iesg@xxxxxxxx) by
>>>> Wednesday,
>>>>>>> January 18, 2012.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Diameter Maintenance and Extensions (dime)
>>>>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>>>>> Current Status: Active
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Last Modified: 2012-01-10
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Chairs:
>>>>>>>     Lionel Morand<lionel.morand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>     Jouni Korhonen<jouni.korhonen@xxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Operations and Management Area Directors:
>>>>>>>     Dan Romascanu<dromasca@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>     Ronald Bonica<rbonica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Operations and Management Area Advisor:
>>>>>>>     Dan Romascanu<dromasca@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Mailing Lists:
>>>>>>>     General Discussion: dime@xxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>     To Subscribe:
>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dime
>>>>>>>     Archive:
>>>>>>> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dime/current/maillist.html
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Description of Working Group:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The Diameter Maintenance and Extensions WG will focus on
>>>> maintenance and
>>>>>>> extensions to the Diameter protocol required to enable its use for
>>>>>>> authentication, authorization, accounting, charging in network
>>>> access,
>>>>>>> provisioning of configuration information within the network, and
>>>> for
>>>>>>> new AAA session management uses within the extensibility rules of
>>>> the
>>>>>>> Diameter base protocol.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The DIME working group plans to address the following items:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - Maintaining and/or progressing, along the standards track, the
>>>>>>> Diameter Base protocol and Diameter Applications. This includes
>>>>>>> extensions to Diameter Base protocol that can be considered as
>>>> enhanced
>>>>>>> features or bug fixes.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - Diameter application design guideline. This document will
>>> provide
>>>>>>> guidelines for design of Diameter extensions. It will detail when
>>>> to
>>>>>>> consider reusing an existing application and when to develop a new
>>>>>>> application.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - Protocol extensions for the management of Diameter entities.
>>> This
>>>> work
>>>>>>> focuses on the standardization of Management Information Bases
>>>> (MIBs) to
>>>>>>> configure Diameter entities (such as the Diameter Base protocol or
>>>>>>> Diameter Credit Control nodes). The usage of other management
>>>> protocols
>>>>>>> for configuring Diameter entities may be future work within the
>>>> group.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - Protocol extensions for bulk and grouped AAA session management.
>>>> The
>>>>>>> aim of this work is to study and standardize a solution for
>>>> handling
>>>>>>> groups of AAA sessions within the Diameter base protocol context.
>>>> The
>>>>>>> solution would define how to identify and handle grouped AAA
>>>> sessions in
>>>>>>> commands and operations.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Additionally, Diameter-based systems require interoperability in
>>>> order
>>>>>>> to work. The working group, along with the AD, will need to
>>>> evaluate any
>>>>>>> potential extensions and require verification that the proposed
>>>>>>> extension is needed, and is within the extensibility rules of
>>>> Diameter
>>>>>>> and AAA scope. Coordination with other IETF working groups and
>>>> other
>>>>>>> SDOs (e.g. 3GPP) will be used to ensure this.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Goals and Milestones:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit the following two Diameter Mobility documents to
>>>> the
>>>>>>>            IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standards:*
>>>> 'Diameter
>>>>>>>            Mobile IPv6: Support for Home Agent to Diameter Server
>>>>>>>            Interaction' * 'Diameter Mobile IPv6: Support for
>>>> Network
>>>>>>>            Access Server to Diameter Server Interaction'
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter API' to the IESG for consideration as
>>>> an
>>>>>>>            Informational RFC
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Quality of Service Parameters for Usage with
>>>>>>>            Diameter' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed
>>>>>>>            Standard.
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter QoS Application' to the IESG for
>>>>>>>            consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Support for EAP Re-authentication
>>>>>>>            Protocol' as DIME working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter User-Name and Realm Based Request
>>>> Routing
>>>>>>>            Clarifications' as DIME working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Proxy Mobile IPv6' as DIME working
>>>> group
>>>>>>>            item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Quality of Service Attributes for Diameter' to
>>>> the
>>>>>>>            IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Proxy Mobile IPv6' to the IESG for
>>>>>>>            consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter User-Name and Realm Based Request
>>>> Routing
>>>>>>>            Clarifications' to the IESG for consideration as a
>>>> Proposed
>>>>>>>            Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter NAT Control Application' as DIME
>>>> working
>>>>>>>            group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Capabilities Update' as DIME working
>>>> group
>>>>>>>            item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Credit Control Application MIB' to the
>>>>>>>            IESG for consideration as an Informational RFC
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Base Protocol MIB' to the IESG for
>>>>>>>            consideration as an Informational RFC
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Capabilities Update' to the IESG for
>>>>>>>            consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Extended NAPTR' as DIME working group
>>>> item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Realm-Based Redirection In Diameter' as DIME
>>>>>>>            working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6
>>> Localized
>>>>>>>            Routing' as DIME working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Attribute-Value Pairs for
>>> Cryptographic
>>>>>>>            Key Transport' as DIME working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Priority Attribute Value Pairs' as
>>> DIME
>>>>>>>            working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter IKEv2 PSK' as DIME working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit Revision of 'Diameter Base Protocol' to the IESG
>>>> for
>>>>>>>            consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Attribute-Value Pairs for
>>> Cryptographic
>>>>>>>            Key Transport' to the IESG for consideration as a
>>>> Proposed
>>>>>>>            Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Priority Attribute Value Pairs' to the
>>>>>>>            IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit Revision of 'Diameter Network Access Server
>>>>>>>            Application - RFC 4005bis' as DIME working group item
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter NAT Control Application' to the IESG
>>>> for
>>>>>>>            consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter IKEv2 PSK' to the IESG for
>>>> consideration
>>>>>>>            as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Extended NAPTR' to the IESG for
>>>>>>>            consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Done     - Submit 'Diameter Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6
>>> Localized
>>>>>>>            Routing' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed
>>>>>>> Mar 2012 - Submit 'Realm-Based Redirection In Diameter' to the
>>> IESG
>>>>>>>            for consideration as a Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> Mar 2012 - Submit Revision of 'Diameter Network Access Server
>>>>>>>            Application - RFC 4005bis' to the IESG for
>>>> consideration as a
>>>>>>>            Proposed Standard
>>>>>>> May 2012 - Submit 'Diameter Application Design Guidelines' to the
>>>> IESG
>>>>>>>            for consideration as a BCP document Standard
>>>>>>> Jul 2012 - Submit 'Diameter Support for EAP Re-authentication
>>>>>>>            Protocol' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed
>>>>>>>            Standard
>>>>>>> Aug 2012 - Submit a document on 'Protocol extension for bulk and
>>>> group
>>>>>>>            signaling' as a working group item
>>>>>>> Aug 2013 - Submit a document on 'Protocol extension for bulk and
>>>> group
>>>>>>>            signaling' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed
>>>>>>>            Standard
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