Last Call Review of draft-ietf-tictoc-multi-path-synchronization-05
review-ietf-tictoc-multi-path-synchronization-05-secdir-lc-ladd-2016-09-22-00

Request Review of draft-ietf-tictoc-multi-path-synchronization
Requested revision No specific revision (document currently at 07)
Type Last Call Review
Team Security Area Directorate (secdir)
Deadline 2016-09-27
Requested 2016-09-15
Authors Alex Shpiner , Richard Tse , Craig Schelp , Tal Mizrahi
I-D last updated 2016-09-22
Completed reviews Genart Last Call review of -05 by Joel M. Halpern (diff)
Secdir Last Call review of -05 by Watson Ladd (diff)
Intdir Early review of -04 by Joe Abley (diff)
Intdir Early review of -04 by Zhen Cao (diff)
Assignment Reviewer Watson Ladd
State Completed
Request Last Call review on draft-ietf-tictoc-multi-path-synchronization by Security Area Directorate Assigned
Reviewed revision 05 (document currently at 07)
Result Ready
Completed 2016-09-22
review-ietf-tictoc-multi-path-synchronization-05-secdir-lc-ladd-2016-09-22-00
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 document presents a mechanism for servers and clients to conduct
synchronization protocols over multiple paths. I didn't see anything
wrong with the mechanism, but I am worried that its security benefits
are overstated: independent paths may only be partially independent,
and attackers can easily migrate from one router to another in most
networks.

Sincerely,
Watson Ladd