Network Working Group
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) W. Kumari
Internet-Draft
Request for Comments: 9672 Google, LLC
Updates: 8110 (if approved) D. Harkins
Intended status:
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ISSN: 2070-1721 October 2024
Transferring Opportunistic Wireless Encryption to the IEEE 802.11
Working Group
draft-wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee-02
Abstract
RFC8110
RFC 8110 describes Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), a mode
that allows unauthenticated clients to connect to a network using
encrypted traffic. This document transfers the ongoing maintenance
and further development of the protocol to the IEEE 802.11 Working
Group.
This document updates RFC8110 RFC 8110 by noting that future work on the
protocol described in RFC8110 therein will occur in the IEEE 802.11 Working
Group.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Transfer of Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
[RFC8110] describes
Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), (OWE) [RFC8110] is a mode of
opportunistic security [RFC7435] for IEEE Std 802.11 that provides
encryption of the wireless medium without authentication.
Since publication, [RFC8110] (also known as "[Wi-Fi_Enhanced_Open]")
has been widely implemented and deployed.
[IEEE_802.11] has requested [IEEE_LS] that in order to allow for
ongoing maintenance and further development of the protocol, and to
ensure that the protocol remains in sync with the IEEE protocols,
future work on the protocol described in RFC8110 will now occur in
[IEEE_802.11]. This document is a concurrence.
2. Transfer of Maintenance
At the request of [IEEE_802.11], in order to allow for ongoing
maintenance and further development of the protocol, and to ensure
that the protocol remains in sync with the IEEE protocols, this
document specifies that future work on the protocol described in
RFC8110 will now occur in [IEEE_802.11].
The protocol defined in RFC8110 will be duplicated in [IEEE_802.11]
such that that document alone will be enough to implement it and any
further maintenance or modification of the protocol will be performed
in IEEE under its policies and procedures.
3. Security Considerations
This document simply notes that future work on the protocol described
in RFC8110 [RFC8110] will now occur in the IEEE. As such, it does not
introduce any new security considerations.
4. IANA Considerations
This document has no IANA actions.
5. References
5.1. Normative References
[RFC8110] Harkins, D., Ed. and W. Kumari, Ed., "Opportunistic
Wireless Encryption", RFC 8110, DOI 10.17487/RFC8110,
March 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8110>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8110>.
5.2. Informative References
[IEEE_802.11]
"IEEE
IEEE, IEEE 802.11 Working Group", n.d., Group,
<https://www.ieee802.org/11/>.
[IEEE_LS] "Liaison Statement from IEEE 802.11 to the IETF - statement: OWE (RFC8110) now in 802.11", n.d., IETF
Liaison Statement, May 2024,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/1929/>.
[RFC7435] Dukhovni, V., "Opportunistic Security: Some Protection
Most of the Time", RFC 7435, DOI 10.17487/RFC7435,
December 2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7435>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7435>.
[Wi-Fi_Enhanced_Open]
Harkins, D., "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Enhanced Open™: Open: Transparent Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi protections without complexity", n.d., <https://www.wi-
fi.org/beacon/dan-harkins/wi-fi-certified-enhanced-open-
transparent-wi-fi-protections-without-complexity>. Wi-Fi Alliance, The
Beacon Blog, <https://www.wi-fi.org/beacon/dan-harkins/wi-
fi-certified-enhanced-open-transparent-wi-fi-protections-
without-complexity>.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the IEEE 802.11 working group Working Group for
their work, and for taking on the responsibility for future work on
the protocol described in RFC8110. RFC 8110.
In addition, we would like to thank Stephen Farrell, who the AD that
sponsored the original work, as well as Clemens Schimpe, Dorothy
Stanley, Paul Wouters, Eric Vyncke, Mike Montemurro, and Peter Yee.
Apologies to anyone we forgot to acknowledge; RFC8110 RFC 8110 was written 7+
years ago and we have had many conversations with many people since
then...
Change Log
* From -00 to -01:
- Fixed a nit ("This documents updates" -> "This document
updates")
- We have the liaison from the IEEE 802.11 WG; update to point at
the liaison statement.
- For some reason, pushing the -01 version to GitHub didn't
trigger the build. Trying to post manually.
Authors' Addresses
Warren Kumari
Google, LLC
Email: warren@kumari.net
Dan Harkins
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Email: daniel.harkins@hpe.com