Issue7

Title crypto algorithms for DTLS
Priority wish Status deferred
Superseder Nosy List pcalhoun
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Created on 2007-07-18.21:18:57 by pcalhoun, last changed 2007-07-18.21:18:57 by pcalhoun.

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msg7 (view) Author: pcalhoun Date: 2007-07-18.21:18:57
Folks,
The current draft mentions the following

   o  TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
 
   o  TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

mandatory modes for DTLS in CAPWAP. There was 
some discussion in the past about the
shortcomings of 3DES when used for DTLS in
CAPWAP.  That would leave AES_128_CBC_SHA
as the leading candidate for use in DTLS for
CAPWAP.
 
I would propose adding AES-GCM (with GMAC) as 
a mandatory mode.  This is already supported in 
IPSec (RFC 4106) and also in 802.1ae.  This 
algorithm provides significant performance
improvement in both hardware and software 
implementations. (see http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/193.pdf)
When we move to 802.11n, the aggregation of traffic
from many 11n APs at the AC will imply that
we will need crypto algorithms with high
throughput. Supporting AES-GCM would help.
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