On 2 Feb 2012, at 21:39, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think that's a different threat from the one addressed below in threat 6. > > If in a regulatory domain the DB requires the master to provide its identity, > then there's nothing to be done to prevent tracking of the masters by the DB. > But if some other regulatory domain will not require the master to send its > identity when querying the DB, the master may decide not to send its > identity, to prevent the DB to track it. That's precisely what I think needs to be remembered and taken into account in developing the protocol > > We could add this as another threat. Sure, or modify the existing one, I've no strong opinion, S > > - Gabor > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ext > Stephen Farrell > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:49 PM > To: Patil Basavaraj (Nokia-CIC/Dallas) > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [paws] Threat model (Rev 2) > > > Pretty good overall. I'll keep on my usual track since I seem stuck on it > here;-) > > On 02/02/2012 08:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Threat 6: Third party tracking of white space device location >> >> >> A master device needs to provide its location to the white >> space database in order to obtain the channel availability >> information at that location. Such location information can be >> gleaned by an eavesdropper. A master device may prefer to keep >> the location information secret. Hence the protocol should >> provide a means to protect the location information and prevent >> tracking of locations associated with a white space database. > > What's wrong with not wanting the DB to track me (as a master device)? Could > be that current known regulators don't like anonymous masters, but that may > change. (So I think 3rd party here is wrong.) > > Why is it only location tracking that's of concern? Why is exposing identity > not an equal deal? Same logic as above. > > > S. > > _______________________________________________ > paws mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/paws _______________________________________________ paws mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/paws
