Re: Opsdir last call review of draft-mm-wg-effect-encrypt-13

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Joe Clarke <jclarke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/29/17 11:21, Kathleen Moriarty wrote:
>>> To that end, it might be useful to specifically point out where vendors have a
>>> role to fill in some of these areas to allow for transit encryption while
>>> providing the necessary hooks for operators to manage and troubleshoot their
>>> network.  Specifically, in many of the troubleshooting scenarios, operators
>>> won't be able to provide truly useful tools to their end users unless the
>>> vendors provide the right level of visibility.
>>
>> Do you have suggested text that we could add to address this gap from
>> your experience?
>
> Maybe something along the lines of the following in Section 2.1.2 (or
> maybe in a section of its own):
>
> "Vendors must be aware that in order for operators to better
> troubleshoot and manage networks with increasing amounts of encrypted
> traffic, built-in diagnostics and serviceability must be enhanced to
> provide detailed logging and debugging capabilities that, when possible,
> can reveal cleartext network parameters.  In addition to traditional
> logging and debugging methods, packet tracing and inspection along the
> service path will provide operators the necessary visibility to continue
> to diagnose problems reported both internally and by their customers."

Thank you, Joe!

>
> Joe



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Best regards,
Kathleen




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