On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Mauro Tortonesi wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Pekka Savola wrote: > > > 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. > > this bootstap randomization of the MAC address without RFC3041 network > layer addresses does not solve the problem of untraceability for mobile > hosts.
RFC3041 is not meant to provide (full) untraceability, and if it is, it fails to do that. > maybe an eavesdropper (that could be anywhere along the > communication path) would not be able to find out the real hardware > address of the interface of your host, but he will be able to trace > the movements of your host with a little effort. This 'mobile node' case is one major one where RFC3041 may actually be useful and work to enable some form of untraceability. -- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
