Document: draft-ietf-bmwg-mlrsearch Title: Multiple Loss Ratio Search Reviewer: Shawn Emery Review result: Has Nits I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG. These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the security area directors. Document editors and WG chairs should treat these comments just like any other last call comments. This informational track draft specifies a new methodology that allows for Multiple Loss Ratio searches (MLRsearch), which in turn can be used to benchmark data plane throughput. The security considerations section does exist and provides assertions that the benchmark functions described in the draft are executed in a controlled and constrained laboratory environment. As a result, the devices being tested MUST NOT be connected to devices that could potentially forward test traffic to production or test management networks. Lastly, any device tested will have the same security implication in the test environment as they would in a production environment. I agree with these assertions and can't think of any other security considerations for this type of draft. General Comments: None. Editorial Comments: The SUT and DUT definitions are repeated in 2.2 and 4.4.1. The following has a line-jump: The proliferation of software DUTs, with frequent software updates and a number ... Suggest more concise terms for "wander", "way more", etc. Not needed: ", a draft at the time of writing.". -- last-call mailing list -- last-call@xxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to last-call-leave@xxxxxxxx
