Re: Machine Identity

[Miika Komu <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:23:18PM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
>> An example of an Use Case is given by IKE (RFC 4306). Section 3.5
>> lists several possible identities for a machine, and there is not a
>> clear unique way to define this identity (identities like ID_IPV4_ADDR
>> are typically a poor way to define a machine on the network).
>
> After several years in network management (where the first thing you
> like to have are stable unique identities), I have come to the
> conclusion that it is hopeless to search for such a generally useful
> identity.  What works is all very much dependent on the purpose and
> the specific situation, as others have pointed out before.
>
> And even if someone manages to come up with a good solution, people
> sooner or later will try to circumvent it since in several situations
> it is a feature and not a bug to be able to do dirty things with
> identities.

Hi Juergen,

sorry, but I disagree with your opinion. Please give some pointers to 
publications that back up your conclusion.

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Miika Komu                                       http://www.iki.fi/miika/