Last Call Review of draft-ietf-aqm-recommendation-08
review-ietf-aqm-recommendation-08-secdir-lc-emery-2015-01-08-00
Request | Review of | draft-ietf-aqm-recommendation |
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Requested revision | No specific revision (document currently at 11) | |
Type | Last Call Review | |
Team | Security Area Directorate (secdir) | |
Deadline | 2014-12-24 | |
Requested | 2014-12-11 | |
Authors | Fred Baker , Gorry Fairhurst | |
I-D last updated | 2015-01-08 | |
Completed reviews |
Genart Last Call review of -08
by Elwyn B. Davies
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Genart Telechat review of -09 by Elwyn B. Davies (diff) Secdir Last Call review of -08 by Shawn M Emery (diff) Opsdir Last Call review of -08 by Mehmet Ersue (diff) |
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Assignment | Reviewer | Shawn M Emery |
State | Completed | |
Request | Last Call review on draft-ietf-aqm-recommendation by Security Area Directorate Assigned | |
Reviewed revision | 08 (document currently at 11) | |
Result | Has nits | |
Completed | 2015-01-08 |
review-ietf-aqm-recommendation-08-secdir-lc-emery-2015-01-08-00
I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG. These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the security area directors. Document editors and WG chairs should treat these comments just like any other last call comments. This proposed BCP draft provides guidance on various ways to improve network performance over the Internet through Active Queue Management (AQM). The draft describes various techniques to avoid network failure due to congestion, congestion itself, and network latencies. The security considerations section does exist and discloses that the draft does not impose any new security considerations beyond what is currently vulnerable to DoS attacks, in fact AQM may help in mitigating against some of these attacks. However, the draft explains that not all DoS attacks can be avoided and suggests that further investigation is required to find out how to help prevent said attacks. I believe that these assertions are correct. General comments: A well written and thorough document. Thank you. Editorial comments: s/> class of/class of/ s/connection preventing/connections, preventing/ s/devices deploy/devices that deploy/ Shawn. --