Time ago i wrote a paper concerning the observability of RFC3041 and the famous u=0 bit in the address.
http://www.it.kth.se/~aep/publications/rvk02-escuderoa.pdf Escudero A, Requirements for unobservability of privacy extension in IPv6. /aep On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Bound, Jim wrote: > The default should be public. Thats the Internet way. Temp is means Temp. If you >want to make a phone call over VoIPv6 and you have a temp address my phone call could >be killed or paused waiting for renew. I find that kind of rude. > > Default should be public temp should be an option. > > Also give me one technical reason why it should be temp. > > > /jim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erik Nordmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:29 PM > > To: Keith Moore > > Cc: Thomas Narten; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: IESG comments on > > draft-ietf-ipngwg-default-addr-select-06.txt > > > > > > > I respect the desire for temporary addresses (and AFAIK I > > was one of > > > the first people to raise concerns about embedding tracable > > information > > > in an IPv6 address) but I don't think it's a good idea to > > effectively > > > change the API in a way that would break apps at this late date. > > > > The proposed text is trying to say that temporary addresses > > are preferable > > but that there might be issues (such as applications having problems) > > which consistitute a good enough reason to not follow the default. > > Thus there is significant freedom for implementors to use their best > > judgement based on their knowledge about the applications. > > > > Do you see a problem with this approach? > > > > Erik > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. Mahatma Gandhi -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
