Last Call Review of draft-ietf-ecrit-specifying-holes-
review-ietf-ecrit-specifying-holes-secdir-lc-meadows-2010-03-03-00

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 document describes the holes SHOULD be specified in geodetic service
boundaries for use

by the LoST protocol.

It also describes one possible method for searching for holes using the
information stored in a service database.

The only security considerations that I think would arise here would be in
relation to the

way in which the information is conveyed the LoST protocol, or how holes are
handled by the

protocol.  Both of these are beyond the scope of this document, which is only
concerned with defining

what a hole is.  Thus I agree with the authors that this document introduces no
new security considerations.

Catherine Meadows

Naval Research Laboratory

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email:

catherine.meadows at nrl.navy.mil