On Oct 4, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Tony Finch <d...@dotat.at> wrote: > Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> >> Once host identifiers are no longer dependent on or related to topology, >> there's no reason a reasonable fixed-length cannot suffice. > > Host identities should be cryptographic hashes of public keys, so you have > to support algorithm agility, which probably implies variable length. >
No, they really shouldn't, but I understand why some security zealots think that's a good idea. Owen
