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As I'd like to re-submit these drafts as soon as possible, we need to =

>7. Add an 8-bit algorithm identifier to the DHCID RR to
> support algorithm agility (Allison Mankin)
>8. Use of MD5 as opposed to a stronger hash function (Sam Hartman,
> Russ Housley)
>9. Hash agility (Sam Hartman, Allison Mankin)
>10. Russ's comment that an attacker that has some knowledge of MAC
> addresses does not need to do lot of work. I think this can be
> addressed in security considerations by saying this is not privacy
> but just obfuscation (Russ Housley)

Possible solutions to the hash algorithm issue are:

1. Switch from MD5 to SHA-1 or SHA-256 as the "base" algorithm. This =
won't help down the road if these are found to have significant =

2. Add a field (octet) to the DHCID RR RDATA to specify the algorithm =
used (perhaps using the digest type field and assignments used by the DS =
record, RFC 3658, and http://www.iana.org/assignments/ds-rr-types). The =
RDATA would thus be formatted as octet)>. This also means a change to SHA-1 as the =
base algorithm or we'd need to request IANA to allocate a MD5 digest =
code. (The SHA-1 digest is 20 octets instead of MD5's 16 octets.)

3. Incorporate the hash algorithm into the existing RR type code field, =
which means a change of algorithm requires new RR type codes to be =
assigned (likely 3 new codes per algorithm).

4. Don't change the RDATA format or algorithm. Though this would likely =
block this work from proceeding through the IESG?

Perhaps there's other solutions?

I'm inclined to pick 2 as I believe it meets all of the IESG =
requirements and is the most flexible. Whether we switch to SHA-1 or =
request a digest type assignment for MD5 is debatable, but unless there =
are significantly different export restrictions or licensing issues for =
MD5 vs. SHA-1, let's just switch to SHA-1?=20

Comments please!

- Bernie

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