On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Steve Deering wrote: > At 10:27 PM +0300 8/29/02, Pekka Savola wrote: > >Belief that by randomly regenerating only the interface identifier part of > >the address will give you privacy is IMO false. > > Pekka, > > I don't think anyone has made such a broad claim. > > The random interface ID mechanism addresses the specific privacy > concerns raised by using IIDs derived from IEEE-802 or EUI-64 > addresses (or other factory-assigned serial numbers), such as those > concerns mentioned in Joe's message: [...]
Ok, sorry -- I didn't read the scope of Joe's claims carefully enough. Whether RFC3041 is too complex mechanism for some of the needs is a different thing though. I think "randomizing" your MAC address once and for all (or every time your computer restarts or whatever) should be enough for most. But I think that's implied if not written in the RFC. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
