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

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So be it.. from my behalf.

- Jouni

On Jan 16, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:

> 
> And I'd be ecstatic (when it happens:-)
> 
> Thanks,
> S
> 
> On 01/16/2012 02:51 PM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
>> This would be fine with me.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jouni korhonen [mailto:jouni.nospam@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:50 PM
>>> To: Stephen Farrell; Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
>>> Cc: Jouni Korhonen; lionel.morand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Morand;
>>> dime@xxxxxxxx; IETF-Discussion; iesg@xxxxxxxx IESG
>>> Subject: Re: WG Review: Recharter of Diameter Maintenance and
>>> Extensions (dime)
>>> 
>>> Stephen, Dan,
>>> 
>>> What if we just add a milestone to the charter to indicate that
>>> end-to-end security is coming to our table?
>>> 
>>>   Jul 2012 - Sumbit 'problem statement and requirements for Diameter
>>>              end-to-end security framework' as Dime working group
>> item.
>>>   Dec 2012 - Submit 'problem statement and requirements for Diameter
>>>              end-to-end security framework' to the IESG for
>>> consideration
>>>              as an Informational RFC.
>>> 
>>> I would give some time folks to work this out.. and then when we
>>> actually
>>> know what we and especially IETF external deployment folks want, we
>> can
>>> move to  solution part.. Seems like a relaxed milestone plan but I
>> have
>>> doubts it would progress any faster in real life even if milestones
>>> were
>>> tighter ;)
>>> 
>>> - Jouni
>>> 
>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 2:15 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. 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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