> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Gont [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:29 AM
> To: Dave Thaler
> Cc: [email protected]; Brian Haberman; [email protected]; Ray Hunter;
> Alissa Cooper; Christian Huitema; tom.petch; He Xuan
> Subject: Re: Comments on draft-ietf-6man-stable-privacy-addresses-07
> 
> On 05/29/2013 04:03 AM, Dave Thaler wrote:
> >>>> [...] I could rely on the
> >>>> ICMPv6 "address resolution failed" error messages sent by your
> >>>> local router (i.e., if I receive one of such messages, you're not
> >>>> there. If I don't,
> >> you are).
> >>>
> >>> Ok, yes that one is interesting.
> >>
> >> An attacker just needs one vector to be successful.
> >
> > Agree.  Putting the above example vector into the draft would help the
> > reader understand the motivation for the problem.
> 
> Isn't it enough simply noting that the target node can be probed?
> Getting into the specific details of the probe packet
> (stimulus/response) seems like "over-specifying" things to me...

My opinion is that this example is important, since the example is
one where there's nothing the target node itself can do about it,
which is non-obvious.   Otherwise readers could be as confused as
I was.  So pointing it out adds significant clarity.

-Dave

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