Re: Password in IKE

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <36C77589.68D52AD7@ercist.iscas.ac.cn>, "Chen Kai Qu" writes:
>Hello.
>
>The IKE key exchange would be open to dictionary attack if the IKE phase
>1
>is authenticated with password as a pre-shared key. Is it necessary to
>add  a
>new password-based authentication method for the users who would like to
>
>use password?
>

That's one of the functions of the ipsra group.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb

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