Re: [OPSEC] [Tsv-art] Tsvart last call review of draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-eh-filtering-06

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Hi,

On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 11:26:38AM -0800, Christian Huitema wrote:
> Gert, I think that you are actually pointing at a significant issue with
> the draft.
[..]
> The draft *implicitly* assumes that routers will try to find the
> protocol and port numbers "because of security reasons", but never
> actually delineates these reasons. I think the discussion would be much
> more productive if the draft started by explaining why network managers
> believe that access to the "five tuple" is essential for a variety of
> reasons, many of which are only tangentially related to "security".
[..]

Thanks for spotting this and spelling it out.

gert
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