On 9/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Please refer to my first mail. There are three basic problems that I
> see.
>
> >1. You don't want to publish your private information
> >2. Manual exchange is difficult
>
> Ridiculous! I give my phone to the other person and ask
> them to dial my number and call me. Now we both have a
> record of each others' phone numbers.


SIP URIs and home addresses are too long (an IPv6 address
is 16 bytes long and random looking, a SIP URI can be very
long e.g. up to 30 characters and even more with a random
part for privacy).

I would appreciate comments on this. Maybe we should move
to the mailing list if you are interested?

https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/humanresolvers



>3. Face-to-face contact is not always available
>
> I can't believe that I'm reading this in an email message.
> Some people put their phone number in the signature block.
> Others type it in when requested. Most mobile devices have
> a way to sync a phonebook with a PC. Job done.


I don't understand.

>The proposed solution is the only one that addresses these three
> problems.
>
> Seems to me that you have only one real problem and we
> can adress that (number 1 above) by simply doing nothing.


I really don't understand.


--Michael Dillon
>
> P.S. I did design a method vaguely similar to this for exchanging
> contact information between mobile phone users that required the
> support of the mobile network operator.



I would be interested. Is there an I-D or something?


pars



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