[admin-discuss] Re: Update on IETF 125 meeting network

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM Greg Wood <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Replying here directly to a few questions earlier in the thread:
>
> On Feb 11, 2026, at 09:35, Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> I'm more interested in the end-to-end properties, so let me try to answer
> the
> question more generally: To the best of your knowledge, will third parties
> be able to use the information we provide, potentially in concert with
> other
> data they could foreseeably gather, to associate IP traffic with specific
> users?
> What analysis has IETF LLC done to address that question?
>
>
> We were just informed about the new rules and regulations and wanted to
> inform the community of the changes as soon as possible after being
> informed ourselves.
>

I appreciate that, but I still think this question needs an answer.

-Ekr


> The IETF LLC has not done an analysis on this updated state.
>



>
> On Feb 11, 2026, at 06:36, Eric Vyncke (evyncke) <evyncke=
> [e-mail]> wrote:
>
> And I guess that the RADIUS log will include the IPv4/IPv6 addresses ?
>
>
> We are not planning to provide IP address information as part of the
> RADIUS logs.
>
> If any of this changes, we will provide further updates, including the
> IETF LLC Board and IESG.
>
> -Greg
>
> On Feb 12, 2026, at 04:58, Alan DeKok <alan.dekok=
> [e-mail]> wrote:
>
> On Feb 12, 2026, at 7:15 AM, Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> I don't agree with this. Rather, it's the association of the 802.11x logs
> with
> people's real world identities that is the issue.
>
>
>  My company has a corporate VPN to access internal resources.  For
> security and compliance reasons, it can be configured to require that the
> mobile device route all outbound traffic through the VPN.  This is a
> relatively common corporate configuration.
>
>  TBH, I would worry more about the high percentage of people who run on
> locked-down devices, and who will be unable to install a new Wi-Fi
> profile.  Having the profiles available to registrants in advance would
> help a lot.
>
>  Alan DeKok.
>
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