On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 08:56:14AM +0800, David Harrington wrote:
 
> I think the benefit to operators is greater than the risk of giving
> the same benefit to attackers. I am not convinced this information is
> sensitive.

I though security considerations should spell out potential risks so
that people deploying technology can think about them and take an
informed decision. How can we claim that we understand the benefit
risk trade-offs?

An an editor, I need to understand the WG consensus. I currently see
three options on the table:

a) document the potential information leakage associated with
   snmpEngineID discovery

b) declare that this potential information leakage is a feature that
   is RECOMMENDED to support

c) remove all discussion about this issue and simply stay silent,
   following the spirit of the USM standard

/js

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