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Early Review of draft-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn-30
review-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn-30-secdir-early-kelly-2024-09-13-00

Request Review of draft-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn-30
Requested revision 30 (document currently at 30)
Type Early Review
Team Security Area Directorate (secdir)
Deadline 2024-09-02
Requested 2024-08-19
Requested by Michael Tüxen
Authors Bob Briscoe , Mirja Kühlewind , Richard Scheffenegger
I-D last updated 2024-09-13
Completed reviews Secdir Early review of -14 by Scott G. Kelly (diff)
Intdir Early review of -30 by Dr. Joseph D. Touch
Secdir Early review of -30 by Scott G. Kelly
Comments
This document is now almost ready. It is now under review of the responsible AD.
It would be great if the reviewers have some familiarity with TCP.
For the sec review, this was suggested by the earlier sec reviewer.
For the int review, looking at middlebox interactions would be much appreciated.
Assignment Reviewer Scott G. Kelly
State Completed
Request Early review on draft-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn by Security Area Directorate Assigned
Posted at https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/secdir/zZZpb4w4Zae6z71u54UgMVpUbz0
Reviewed revision 30
Result Ready
Completed 2024-09-13
review-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn-30-secdir-early-kelly-2024-09-13-00
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.

The summary of the review is Ready.

I did an early review of this document in April of 2021. At that time, I said
I'm not a TCP or ECN expert, so please take my comments with a proverbial grain
of salt. Nothing has changed, I am still not a TCP or ECN expert.

The security considerations in the original draft contained a TODO about a
potential covert channel; this document still contains the TODO. I think this
should be resolved before publication, but I leave this to the AD. I have
nothing new to add.