Subject: Re: [MSEC] GSAKMP issue 05: Key Download processing needs clarification

From: Uri Meth <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:33:27 -0400

See inline,

Also a general note wrt section 4 of the spec.  This section will
undergo a major rewrite to make it more verbose to address a lot of the
issues that George has brought up.  As these sections become available,
they will be distributed to the authors group for concensus review.

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 03:27:55PM -0400, George Gross wrote:
> 
> GSAKMP issue 05
> 
> Section and relevant text passage:
> 
> section 4.2.1.2 Key Download
> 
> also, the text that says: "GSAKMP sends a properly authenticated message with a
> Notification Payload of type NACK to indicate termination."
> 
> is ambiguous, as it is not clear whether "GSAKMP" in this context refers to the
> GCKS or the GM.

GM

> 
> Comment/issue description:
> 
> The Key Download verification processing is under specified.
> 

Yes it is underspecified, and will be fixed.

> Suggested issue resolution:
> 
> Similar to what was indicated for the comment wrt/ Request To Join processing,
> the set of error response should be listed in a table. The nonce related
> verification should be described. The number of Key Download retries and timeouts
> should be specified.
> 
> 
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