Technical Summary
This draft specifies the addition of a new authentication
method to IKE that uses a zero-knowledge proof for
authentication using only a password. It is resistant to
dictionary attack and retains security even when used with
"weak" pre-shared keys.
Working Group Summary
This document is an individual submission. It was used to
advocate for expansion of the IPsecme WG's charter, which
was expanded to include this topic. There was discussion of
this draft on the mailing list and controversy on it seemed
to be on unfounded IPR issues. At one point in time this draft
had very rough consensus (enough to expand the charter to tackle
the problem of password authentication) but that consensus
has since been diluted.
Document Quality
This document has been reviewed by members of the IPsecme WG
and by people on the CFRG mailing list. Primarily this review
has been on technical, not editorial, content.
Personnel
Paul Hoffman is the Document Shepherd.
Sean Turner is the responsible Area Director.
Tero Kivinen is the IANA expert.