Re: [dane] [saag] Need better opportunistic terminology

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Wed, 12 March 2014 22:00 UTC

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Steve (et al.),

On 3/12/2014 2:47 PM, Stephen Kent wrote:
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>> Is there a reason not to just call unauthenticated key exchange what
>> it is - unauthenticated key exchange?
> I think we want more than that, as I described above, hence the desire
> to coin a new term.

No disagreement; there seems to be a need then for two terms:

	1. unauthenticated key exchange/use

	2. security that uses authentication when available,
	but allows unauthenticated methods as a backup

Personally, I'd call the first "zero-ID" (yes, FWIW, the similarity to 
'zero-touch' was intentional), and the second "zero-ID fallback".

I'm not wed to either term, but "opportunistic" doesn't seem useful 
because OE seems to me a lot more like "use this key and hope it works", 
which isn't part of either case above.

Joe