On Tuesday 20 July 2010 at 12:36:56 Javier Ubillos sent: > On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 09:55 +0300, Toni Stoev wrote: > > On Sunday 18 July 2010 at 20:28:05 Tony Li sent: > > > > > > Users need a way to be wholly anonymous to the network. They should be > > > able to (privately) arrange their access connectivity and then be able to > > > access the network without concerns that they can be identified based on > > > their link layer or network layer information. > > > > How about using a temporary fully qualified domain number each time they > > choose to roam? Nodes would obtain one on demand by a publicly available > > dynamic domain number service. > > Are you referring to a service like dyndns and no-ip? Where you register > an arbitrary sub-domain name to their service and continually update the > IP? > > E.g. javier.dynamic-dns.org -> IN A 193.10.64.51
Yes, Javier. This is a good example. > Does any one know how well/badly this could scale? Since there isn't much special about numbers, this would scale even better than with names. > I've had thoughts along this path my self, where each host at will can > register an arbitrary "throw-away" sub-domain. And after throwing it away, it can be reused right away. > To whom should one be anonymous to? Very accurate question. I would like to read answers. > Which turnover would people require on these identifiers? Putting identifiers into TCP sockets for mobility/multihoming. > E.g. would it be sufficient if each ISP provides the service to its > customers, and that the change rate corresponds more or less to the rate > of IP changes (dhcp). Which could mean anything from never to a few > times per day. Reasonable behavior. > In the case where the local ISP provides the service, I can't see why > this wouldn't be a great idea, if the ISP can provide IP's, it should > also be able to provide a few sub-domain names. Yes, that's right. If the ISP is a mobile operator it would supply its customers with identifiers for roaming among access points. > In the case where the service would be provided by random sites on the > Internet, well, it is already provided for free today, but I don't know > how it would scale (or how a business model would work) if all hosts > start registering names automatically. Many non-mobile service ISPs employ Dynamic DNS too. For inter-ISP roaming random/devoted sites are the solution. The model is quite analogous to the one with names. > // Javier > Best regards, Javier Toni _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
