Technical Summary
This memo specifies new HMAC-SHA-2 authentication protocols for USM using an
HMAC based on the SHA-2 family of hash functions. They are straightforward
adaptations of the authentication protocols HMAC-MD5-96 and HMAC-SHA-96 to the
SHA-2 based HMAC.
Working Group Summary
During the adoption call we discovered that there was another document
(https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hartman-snmp-sha2/) which did
something very similar. This document had been written earlier, but neither
the document authors, nor most of the OpsAWG WG was aware of it. The CfA
stalled for a long time while we asked the WG to decide which option they
proffered, and to see if there was a clean way to combine the two
documents. In the end, the authors of hartman-snmp-sha2 agreed that this
document (hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp) should progress.
Document Quality
The document is well written and clear. David Reid (at least) has implemented
this ("We have also implemented it (using private OIDs for now).")
Personnel
Warren Kumari will be the document shepherd. Joel Jaeggli is the AD.