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review-ietf-mboned-mtrace-v2-secdir-lc-harkins-2011-08-01-00

Request Review of draft-ietf-mboned-mtrace-v2
Requested revision No specific revision (document currently at 26)
Type Last Call Review
Team Security Area Directorate (secdir)
Deadline 2011-07-23
Requested 2011-07-09
Authors Hitoshi Asaeda , Kerry Meyer , Weesan Lee
I-D last updated 2011-08-01
Completed reviews Secdir Last Call review of -?? by Dan Harkins
Genart Last Call review of -21 by Meral Shirazipour (diff)
Secdir Last Call review of -21 by Derrell Piper (diff)
Genart Telechat review of -22 by Meral Shirazipour (diff)
Tsvart Telechat review of -22 by Brian Trammell (diff)
Assignment Reviewer Dan Harkins
State Completed
Request Last Call review on draft-ietf-mboned-mtrace-v2 by Security Area Directorate Assigned
Completed 2011-08-01
review-ietf-mboned-mtrace-v2-secdir-lc-harkins-2011-08-01-00
  Hi,

  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 draft specifies version 2 of mtrace, a multicast traceroute
facility. It provides a way to diagnose some issues with multicast
like packet loss and isolation of configuration problems. Each
router on the reverse path towards a source adds quite a bit of
information to a mtrace2 response and the draft discusses how to
diagnose problems using this information. mtrace2 seems like a useful
tool and can discover quite a bit about a network. The security
considerations deal with the fact that some of that information might
be restricted and, in that case, recommends not forwarding mtrace2 into
the network and replying appropriately-- administratively prohibited.
That seems appropriate.

  I see no issues with this draft.

  regards,

  Dan.