I've read this draft, and I think the use case list is reasonably complete.

However, it's really unclear to me what the value of this draft might be in its 
current form, and what its intended audience might be. Cataloging use cases is 
not all that helpful by itself without an end goal in mind, and that end goal 
is not clear from the draft. The scope is deliberately very narrow and 
references other drafts that discuss some of the surrounding issues with 
address sharing and unique identifiers, and so there is very little text in 
each section beyond a basic description. Even when you think of this in terms 
of follow-on drafts such as a gap analysis or problem statement or solution 
drafts, one wonders how useful it is to spread this across multiple drafts. So 
why not simply incorporate this list into one of the referenced general drafts 
on host identification, such as nat-reveal-analysis and then broaden that draft 
so that it considers and addresses the other use cases as appropriate?

Otherwise, I think that the draft needs to be much clearer about the unique 
issues and considerations for each use case, especially those that are somehow 
distinct from those covered in nat-reveal-analysis so that it can serve as a 
better input to any potential solutions addressing this problem.

I also believe that if this draft is to remain a standalone document, the 
authors need to make at least some attempt at discussing security and privacy 
considerations here, even if it is mainly to refer the reader to more in-depth 
discussions of the matter in other drafts. Again, here is an area where being 
clear about the specific considerations for each use case is important, 
identifying whether the other drafts discuss things so that they are applicable 
to all of the use cases, or if the use cases are unique in any number of ways 
that will mean that they have unique privacy and security considerations.

Thanks,

Wes George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 4:08 AM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: [Int-area] draft-boucadair-intarea-host-identifier-scenarios
>
> Dear all,
>
> We submitted an updated version of this draft to list use cases which
> encounter the issue of host identification. The following use cases are
> discussed in the draft:
>
>    (1)  Carrier Grade NAT (CGN)
>    (2)  A+P (e.g., MAP )
>    (3)  Application Proxies
>    (4)  Provider Wi-Fi
>    (5)  Policy and Charging Architectures
>    (6)  Cellular Networks
>    (7)  Femtocells
>    (8)  Overlay Networks (e.g., CDNs)
>
> The document does not include any solution-specific discussion. Its main
> goal is to identify the use cases and describe them.
>
> If you think your use case is not included in this version, please share
> it with us.
>
> Comments are welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> Med
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [email protected] [mailto:i-d-announce-
> [email protected]] De la part de [email protected] Envoyé : lundi
> 3 décembre 2012 08:26 À : [email protected] Objet : I-D Action:
> draft-boucadair-intarea-host-identifier-scenarios-02.txt
>
>
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories.
>
>
>       Title           : Host Identification: Use Cases
>       Author(s)       : Mohamed Boucadair
>                           David Binet
>                           Sophie Durel
>                           Tirumaleswar Reddy
>                           Brandon Williams
>       Filename        : draft-boucadair-intarea-host-identifier-
> scenarios-02.txt
>       Pages           : 14
>       Date            : 2012-12-02
>
> Abstract:
>    This document describes a set of scenarios in which host
>    identification is required.
>
>
> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-boucadair-intarea-host-
> identifier-scenarios
>
> There's also a htmlized version available at:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-boucadair-intarea-host-identifier-
> scenarios-02
>
> A diff from the previous version is available at:
> http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-boucadair-intarea-host-
> identifier-scenarios-02
>
>
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