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Re: Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

2009-02-13 20:18:48
Marshall Eubanks wrote:
If I am reading this correctly the UK Centre for the Protection of
National Infrastructure
wants the IETF (or some other body) to produce a "companion document to
the IETF specifications that discusses the security aspects and
implications of the protocols, identifies the existing vulnerabilities,
discusses the possible countermeasures, and analyses their respective
effectiveness."

It's difficult to imagine that these things could be adequately captured
in a static document, for TCP or any other protocol, because new threats
and countermeasures continue to be identified decades after the base
protocol is well-settled.  Maybe something like an expanded version of
the RFC Editor's errata pages would be more appropriate?
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