On Thursday, June 13, 2002, at 09:32 AM, Pekka Savola wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Alain Durand wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 01:13 PM, Thomas Narten wrote:
>>
>>> The default-addr-select document isn't mandating the use of temporary
>>> addresses. So what is being requested here is that *if* temporary
>>> addresses have been implemented and are being used, *then* give them
>>> preference over public addresses.
>>
>> The problem I have with this is, if I decide to implement temporary
>> addresses to enable something like Netscape to use it, with the IESG
>> suggestion, I will also have to revisit at the same time rlogin and
>> many
>> other applications that rather like to use permanent addresses.
> [...]
>
> I cannot see anything application-specific at least in the above quote
> from Thomas.
>
> I expect using temporary addresses would be a system-level toggle which
> might be fine-tunable via some API.
Great! I implement a system level switch, a user turn it on to
enable 'privacy' on its browser and all the sudden rlogin & co stop
working!
Support people are going to be very happy.
So, I _need_ to modify all the apps that operate better with stable
addresses,
before I release such a switch in the general public.
- Alain.
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