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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] iSCSI - RFC editor notesAs part of IESG approval of iSCSI, two notes to the RFC Editor were issued (see below) to do the following to the -20 draft: (1) Explain the risks of sharing CHAP secrets. (2) Restore the requirement for Unit Attention on implicit task termination. FYI, --David > RFC Editor Note: > > Dear RFC Editor, > > Please make the following changes to draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-20.txt - > > (1) In Section 8.2.1, replace the following old text at the end of > the section: > > A single CHAP secret MAY be used for authentication of an individual > initiator to multiple targets. Likewise, a single CHAP secret MAY be > used for authentication of an individual target to multiple > initiators. > > with the following new text: > > When an iSCSI initiator or target authenticates itself to > counterparts in multiple administrative domains, it SHOULD use > a different CHAP secret for each administrative domain to avoid > propagating security compromises across domains. > > Within a single administrative domain: > - A single CHAP secret MAY be used for authentication of an > initiator to multiple targets. > - A single CHAP secret MAY be used for an authentication of a > target to multiple initiators when the initiators use an > external server (e.g., RADIUS) to verify the target's CHAP > responses and do not know the target's CHAP secret. > > If an external response verification server (e.g., RADIUS) is > not used, employing a single CHAP secret for authentication of > a target to multiple initiators requires that all such initiators > know that target secret. Any of these initiators can impersonate > the target to any other such initiator, and compromise of such > an initiator enables an attacker to impersonate the target to > all such initiators. Targets SHOULD use separate CHAP secrets > for authentication to each initiator when such risks are of > concern; in this situation it may be useful to configure a > separate logical iSCSI target with its own iSCSI Node Name for > each initiator or group of initiators among which such > separation is desired. > > > (2) In both Section 6.5 and 10.14.5, remove the following text near > the end of each section: > > UA for the next command on the I_T nexus in cases a), b), and c) > > so that the resulting parenthesized comment reads: > > (e.g., queued commands and ACA, etc.) > > and also add the following sentence to the end of the same paragraph: > > In cases a), b), and c), after the tasks are terminated, the > target MUST report a unit attention condition on the next > command processed for each affected I_T_L nexus regardless > of the connection to which that command is allegiant. > > These changes are to be made to both Section 6.5 and 10.14.5.
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