Subject: [saag] Fwd: Last Call: <draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21.txt> (Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks) to Informational RFC

From: Benjamin Kaduk <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:20:29 -0800

Hi all,

A lot of different topics in here, but might be worth a skim to see if
there's anything related to your respective expertise...

-Ben

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 07:42:08AM -0800, The IESG wrote:
> 
> The IESG has received a request from the Operational Security Capabilities
> for IP Network Infrastructure WG (opsec) to consider the following document:
> - 'Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks'
>   <draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21.txt> as Informational RFC
> 
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
> comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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> Abstract
> 
> 
>    Knowledge and experience on how to operate IPv4 securely is
>    available: whether it is the Internet or an enterprise internal
>    network.  However, IPv6 presents some new security challenges.  RFC
>    4942 describes the security issues in the protocol but network
>    managers also need a more practical, operations-minded document to
>    enumerate advantages and/or disadvantages of certain choices.
> 
>    This document analyzes the operational security issues in several
>    places of a network (enterprises, service providers and residential
>    users) and proposes technical and procedural mitigations techniques.
>    Some very specific places of a network such as the Internet of Things
>    are not discussed in this document.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The file can be obtained via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsec-v6/
> 
> IESG discussion can be tracked via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsec-v6/ballot/
> 
> 
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