Re: [Anima] Is this how BRSKI/IPIP works?

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Hi Toerless,


On 7/6/17 9:09 AM, Toerless Eckert wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 04:34:05PM +1200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> It used to be, but the recommendation today is a pseudo-random
>> value (RFC7217). In any case it's a software choice.
> brand new recommendations do not equate to be expected
> standard practice in products. Would be very good to have
> folks with practical insight into various products to 
> provide more information.
On this point, I think it's quite likely that we will see a good number
of devices fielded that will do a lousy job of PRNG, and so it would be
inadvisable for them to implement RFC7217, lest they test their DAD code
in ways not really intended.  I'm not thinking about iPhones here, but
energy harvesting devices like some light switches, and a bunch of,
well,... crap.

The question is whether you should design for these devices.  IMHO "no"
is a perfectly valid answer, but I'm still a bit skeptical about the
value of 7217 for these class of devices in any event.

Eliot