[c-nsp] MACSec Stages

[Alex K.]

Hello Alan and thank you for answering.

That's the point - all one can find by searching the standard ID, is a
bunch of unrelated documents, some from IEEE, some from independent sources
- none display any coherent picture whatsoever.

Not to mention none provide any overview of the protocol. Just some not
connected points.

Such lack of the documentation by all major vendors (white paper stating
MACSEC is an encryption protocol, doesn't count as a documentation) hit the
hardest when it comes to troubleshooting. No explanation for debugs, no
known steps for endpoints to pass through, you're pretty much on your own
trying to figure out what's going on.

Alex.

בתאריך יום ג׳, 10 באפר' 2018, 16:06, מאת Alan Buxey ‏<alan.buxey at gmail.com>:

> 802.1AE
>
> Look that up for how it works
>
> alan
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2018, 00:32 Alex K., <nsp.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> After a few implementations of MACSec, I began wondering is there a
>> complete documentation of that technology out there?
>>
>> For example, I have quite an experience with L2TP. Now, SCCRP may sound
>> like a bad language to some, but as we all know, it's an important step in
>> tunnel setup. The internet is literally brimming with information about
>> L2TP. As for MACSec, maybe it's only me - but I'm having a hard time
>> finding information on MACSec internal workings (beyond packets formats)
>> especially - when it comes to protocols stages and related cisco debugs.
>>
>> All I was able to find this far, are some really general sketches of
>> MACSec
>> exchanges and seemingly unrelated debug commands.
>>
>> Am I missing something? Any help, such as linking to proper documentation,
>> successful and unsuccessful debug outputs and such, on and off-list, will
>> be gladly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Alex.
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