Re: [Mip4] Remove nonces description for the generic notification message

[Hui Deng <denghui02 at gmail.com>]

Thanks Charle,

will include nonce as an optional.

-Hui

2009/9/6 Charles E. Perkins <charles.perkins at earthlink.net>:
>
> Hello Hui,
>
> Well, in general it is technically better to use nonces.
> Nonces don't experience timing skews as clocks do.
> Furthermore, in some very small devices, maybe there
> wouldn't even be a time-of-day clock.
>
> But those are very general considerations, and you
> may have reasons for making the more restrictive
> specification.
>
> Regards,
> Charlie P.
>
>
> Hui Deng wrote:
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thanks alexey's remindness.
>> Orginal document says: ""Timestamps is mandatory and nonces is optional"
>> we would like to remove nonces description in the document,
>>
>> Just want to see the mailing list whether there are any objection on it,
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> -Hui
>>
>> 2009/9/6 Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov at isode.com>:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4.2.  Generic Notification Acknowledgment Message
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Identification
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   if the timestamp of the GNM is valid, the receiver copies the
>>>>>>   entire Identification field into the GNAM it returns the GNAM
>>>>>>   message to the sender. if the timestamp of the GNM is not valid,
>>>>>>   the receiver copies only the low-order 32 bits into the GNAM, and
>>>>>>   supplies the high-order 32 bits from its own time of day.  Both
>>>>>>   GNM and GNAM mandate Timestamps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What about "nonces"? Note that section 4.1 says:
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ==> Removed nonces, hope it is ok for u
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't have strong preference about the fix. You should probably double
>>> check with the WG.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Identification
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   A 64-bit number, constructed by the sender, used for matching GNM
>>>>>>   with GNAM, and for protecting against replay attacks of
>>>>>>   notification messages.  Here is the same as Sections 5.4 and 5.7
>>>>>>   of [RFC3344].  Timestamps is mandatory and nonces is optional.
>>>>>>
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