Opened 5 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#169 closed defect (wontfix)
Don't guess at STHs
Reported by: | rlb@… | Owned by: | draft-ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis@… |
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Priority: | major | Milestone: | review |
Component: | to-be-decided | Version: | |
Severity: | - | Keywords: | |
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Description
A call to get-sth-consistency should either return a consistency proof between
the two indicated tree heads or it should fail. The server should not change
the request to something it like better. If the front-end the client is talking
to is behind, then the client needs to wait until it catches up; an intermediate
STH is not useful.
Likewise, if a get-all-by-hash query can't provide the requested proof, it
should fail.
Change History (4)
comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by rob.stradling@…
- Component changed from client-behavior to to-be-decided
comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by eranm@…
- Milestone set to review
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by eranm@…
I'll note this came up today again in an out-of-band discussion with colleagues: Having the option of getting the new STH by not specifying the 2nd tree size is an efficient way to catch up with the log without calling get-sth first - a single call is enough to get a new STH and a consistency proof to it from the STH the client currently knows about.
comment:4 Changed 5 years ago by melinda.shore@…
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from new to closed
See discussion on issue 168 and Andrew Ayer's objection on the list:
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/trans/current/msg02848.html
Given the justification for keeping it, suggest closing as wontfix.