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Re: Security for the IETF wireless network

2014-07-25 09:22:55
Hi,

    > Do Not Verify Server Cert and we won't verify yours :)
    > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    I recall some email threads with the NOC about this sentence. It's IMHO
    not a message the IETF should promote.


I believe there's a reasonable amount of support for opportunistic
encryption in the IETF.

The desired incremental delta between the "ietf" open SSID and the
"ietf.1x" encrypted SSID is the addition of encryption.  The additional
validation of "is this really the IETF" has been a non-goal.

It's appropriate for organizations with different goals to have
different policies.

Sure. Adding the authentication is not difficult though if you already
went through the pain of a RADIUS server setup. Basically, a few lines
of HTML description of the network give you all the extra goodness.

IOW, the incremental delta between doing 1X poorly and doing 1X
correctly is small. So why not?

Those who only want encryption can continue to ignore the cert.

Greetings,

Stefan Winter


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