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:
Category: Informational                       Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Expires: 8 February 2025                                   7 August
ISSN: 2070-1721                                            December 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.

   The IEEE 802.11 Working Group [IEEE_802.11] has requested [IEEE_LS] that in order to allow for
   ongoing maintenance and further development of the protocol, ability
   to maintain and develop OWE (see [IEEE_LS]) to ensure that the
   protocol remains in sync with the IEEE protocols, protocols.  This document
   represents concurrence that future work on the protocol described in RFC8110 OWE [RFC8110] will now
   occur in
   [IEEE_802.11].  This document is a concurrence. the IEEE 802.11 Working Group.

2.  Transfer of Maintenance

   At the request of [IEEE_802.11],

   This document represents concurrence that future work on OWE
   [RFC8110] will now occur in order to allow for ongoing
   maintenance and further development of the protocol, and IEEE 802.11 Working Group
   [IEEE_802.11] 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]. protocols.

   The OWE protocol defined in RFC8110 [RFC8110] will be duplicated in by the IEEE 802.11
   Working Group [IEEE_802.11] such that that the document alone will be
   enough to implement it implement, maintain, and any
   further maintenance or modification of modify the protocol will be performed
   in within the
   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