[OASIS Issue Tracker] (MQTT-584) MQTT-SN integrity protection proposal

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Simon Johnson commented on MQTT-584:
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# Questions about the nature of the algorithmÂselection bitfields - is 2 bits too restrictive
 # We addressed the scopeÂof the proposal - end to end versus message integrity - Simon suggested end2end would potentially mean changes to the core spec which could cause issues / blockers so agreed the scope was valid
 # The protection of all messages seemed overkill and technically challenging given that flags only exist on a subset of the message types; was suggested we only protect those messages with flags (PUBLISH, CONNECT, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, REGISTER) - needs consideration - does this still meet the securityÂrequirements (ie. if the ACKs are not protected could this mean DDos could now take place) - we need to come back on this point
 # The protection of all messages seemed overkill and technically challenging given that flags only exist on a subset of the message types; was suggested we only protect those messages with flags (PUBLISH, CONNECT, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, REGISTER) - needs consideration - does this still meet the securityÂrequirements (ie. if the ACKs are not protected could this mean DDos could now take place) - we need to come back on this point

> MQTT-SN integrity protection proposal
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>
>                 Key: MQTT-584
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/MQTT-584
>             Project: OASIS Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) TC
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: MQTT-SN
>            Reporter: Simon Johnson
>            Assignee: Simon Johnson
>            Priority: Major
>
> Various entities have expressed a desire to bake in some level of security to the MQTT-SN protocol. The desire is to protect from common exploits, whilst adhering to the principals of designing for low power, low bandwidth devices.



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