Subject: Re: [saag] New Version Notification for draft-richardson-saag-onpath-attacker-02.txt

From: Michael Richardson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 16:50:27 -0400

Again, I find situations in which some common understanding of attacks 
would be useful.   Is there any further interest in this document?

What do you think about Malory-in-the-Middle?
Can we come up with a less golf-aware term like "rough"?

On 2021-02-22 4:29 p.m., Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
> [email-masked] wrote:
>      > A new version of I-D, draft-richardson-saag-onpath-attacker-02.txt has
>      > been successfully submitted by Michael Richardson and posted to the
>      > IETF repository.
> 

> Html:           https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-richardson-saag-onpath-attacker-02.html
> Diff:           https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-richardson-saag-onpath-attacker-02
> 
> Abstract:
>     The terms on-path attacker and Man-in-the-Middle Attack have been
>     used in a variety of ways, sometimes interchangeably, and sometimes
>     meaning different things.
> 
>     This document offers an update on terminology for network attacks.  A
>     consistent set of terminology is important in describing what kinds
>     of attacks a particular protocol defends against, and which kinds the
>     protocol does not.