1. Management Frame Protection Study Group Request
July 2004
Management Frame Protection Study Group Request
Emily Qi and Jesse Walker
Intel Corporation
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation

2. Month 2000
doc.: IEEE /xxx
July 2004
Motivation
IEEE Management Frames are widely used in IEEE , its amendments, and Task Groups
Association, Disassociation, Reassociation, Deauthentication
802.11r may or may not address security for these messages
Action frames (802.11h, k, e, potentially WNM)
Not being addressed by any existing projects or amendments
IEEE i does not define management frame protection scheme
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation
John Doe, His Company

3. Month 2000
doc.: IEEE /xxx
July 2004
Motivation (cont.)
WNM SG voted that it wants a single unified solution to the security problem
Concerned that different Task Groups propose different solutions  potential for security holes, implementation nightmares
Concerned non-security Task Groups lack sufficient security expertise
802.11k participants concur
Single and unified solution needed for all IEEE Management Frames
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation
John Doe, His Company

4. Month 2000
doc.: IEEE /xxx
July 2004
Objective
It is proposed that a Study Group be established to assess whether there is justification to form a task group to define a standard IEEE management frame protection scheme
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation
John Doe, His Company

5. Proposed SG Scope Identify technical scope
Month 2000
doc.: IEEE /xxx
July 2004
Proposed SG Scope
Identify technical scope
Determine impacts on IEEE , for example:
Threat Analysis: Identify security threats to IEEE management messages.
Potential Remediation : Determine whether available mechanisms are economically feasible and of utility to the community.
Decide whether a TG is needed, and if so define PAR and 5Criteria.
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation
John Doe, His Company

6. Proposed SG Work A decision regarding the creation of a Task Group
Month 2000
doc.: IEEE /xxx
July 2004
Proposed SG Work
A decision regarding the creation of a Task Group
Creation of PAR and 5Criteria with the objective of producing an output document which defines how to IEEE management messages can be protected.
Draft set of input requirements
Determine relationships with other IEEE 802 groups.
To underpin specific requirements raised by external standardization bodies
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation
John Doe, His Company

7. July 2004
Motion
Move that the WNG SC recommends that the IEEE WG form a study group to determine how to formally describe the IEEE Management Frame protection functions and behaviors, with the intent to create a PAR and five criteria to form a new Task Group.
Emily Qi & Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation