Re: [STDS-802-11-TGM] document 11-21/0816

[Jon Rosdahl <jrosdahl@xxxxxxxx>]

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I agree with Dan.

As I stated on the call I was uncomfortable with the reference.

Adding an annex as one extreme could also be considered.

A paragraph may be enough to explain what is being done.

The full "why" may not be needed.

FWIW

Jon

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On Aug 16, 2021, at 12:52 PM, "Harkins, Daniel" <daniel.harkins@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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  Hi,

 

  In today's teleconference we reviewed document 11-21/0816. The submission suggests adding a reference to one of Mathy Vanhoef's papers. While a USENIX site is better than a personal website, for stability purposes, I still question whether we need such a reference.

 

  I think we just need to provide a technical explanation for what we're doing (e.g. if we're adding "magic numbers" like AA-AA-03" to check against we need to explain the significance of that number and not rely on any magic) but we don't need to refer to analysis of previous versions of the standard that compelled some text in the current version. I don't believe we have done that before with other security-related fixes and I don't think it's a good precedent to start. If we need more text to explain the rationale behind the change then let's add that instead.

 

  regards,

 

  Dan.

 

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