May 2001 doc IEEE 802 11 01296 r

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 TGi Draft 1 Clause 8. 2 -8. 2. 2 Comments IEEE P 802. 11 E Security/D 1. 0 Letter Ballot# 25 Submission 1 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Summary of Comments • Total Comments 79 • Editorial – Minor – Major 30 1 • Technical – Minor – Serious • Clarification Required • Repeated Submission 4 4 1 39 2 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Editorial - Minor (by Comment ID) • All of the following have been confirmed as minor editorial comments and valid: 65, 67, 374, 375, 376, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 608, 757, 1232, 1290, 1292, 1296, 1344, 1365, 1366, 1370, 1433, 1488, 1489, 1561, 1603, 1754 • • • 374 – Insert word “the” 375 – Replace “this” with “these” 1290 – Replace “new” with “additional” 376 – Replace “it” with “if” 377 – Replace "equipement" with "equipment" 65 – Spell out abbreviation of init to initialization Submission 3 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Editorial – Minor (by Comment ID) • • • 379 – Replace use of word “obtains” 380 – Clarify support for WEP and WEP 2 608 – Fix graphics arrows 757 – Remove unnecessary sentence 1296 – Clarify use of word “unique” 1366 – Repair graphics lines and arrows 1344 – Correct figure numbering 385 – Insert word “in” 386 – Insert clause reference (clause xxx) Submission 4 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Editorial – Minor (by Comment ID) • • • 1365 – Insert ref re ICV in WEP 2 to WEP Basic 1433 – Clarify portion of frame that is encrypted 67 – Make byte count in figure consistent w/ text 1292 – Remove opinions 1370 – Add example of key ID fields 1488 – Correct number of fields identified 1489 – Clarify IV field name reference 1754 – Remove word “catastrophically” 1561 – Minimize repetition in WEP/WEP 2 description Submission 5 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Editorial – Minor (by Comment ID) • • • 1603 – Insert phrase “better privacy” re WEP 2 381 – Delete duplicate word “with” 382 – Insert word “be” 383 – Correct figure reference 1753 – Add reference for “Vernam” cipher 1232 - Add examples for Basic WEP, WEP 2, AES, and PMAC Submission 6 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Editorial – Major (by Comment ID) • The following has been identified as major editorial comment and warrants group discussion prior to approval: 1484 • 1484 – Change section title from “data encapsulation” with “cipher suites” Submission 7 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Technical - Minor (by Comment ID) • The following have been identified as minor technical comment and warrant group discussion prior to approval: 64, 93, 1295, 1445 • • 64 – Insert warning against Basic WEP use 93 – Define a Message Integrity Check for WEP 2 1295 – Define Key Extension/Truncation bit order 1445 – Clarify PDU minimum length inconsistency Submission 8 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Technical - Major (by Comment ID) • The following have been identified as major technical comment and warrants group discussion prior to approval: 66, 590, 1368, 1756 • 66 – Clarify or remove use of Key ID / Pad in IV • 590 – Add replay protection using IV • 1368 – Change location of encryption algorithm indicator • 1756 – AP knowledge of Cipher Suite Submission 9 Mitch Buchman

May 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/296 r 1 Clarification Required (by Comment ID) • The following has been identified as a comment which requires further clarification by the submitter: 759 • 759 – MIB Undecryptable Counter Submission 10 Mitch Buchman