Re: Machine Identity
Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Thu, 28 February 2008 11:47 UTC
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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
Subject: Re: Machine Identity
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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. /js -- Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <http://www.jacobs-university.de/>
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