The IETF falls into comicbook mode as April 1 approaches.
Mild-mannered S. Kent is in reality SuperNoSecMan. He adds
the essential anti-replay counter to IPsec protocols and, ...
causes people to NOT adopt them? He is a superb document
editor and reviewer, and this makes security worse? He has
demonstrated years of dedication to the IETF security area,
develops BGP security methods, and this is only fuel to
fire of his evil? He has such power over time and space
that he alone creates security vacuums, causing 30 years
of computer and network security research and development
to be abandoned (except for this one tiny corner he
inexplicably missed in SSL). There's not a single other
relevant factor in this whole story, only SuperNoSecMan
and his long shadow. But for the fact that Bill Simpson
fancies himself a piece of kryptonite, Kent would reign
supreme.
Next week: Kent reverses HMAC by causing the earth to
rotate backwards.
Hilarie