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Re: [homenet] Next steps for draft-behringer-homenet-trust-bootstrap?

"Michael Behringer (mbehring)" <mbehring@cisco.com> Fri, 15 March 2013 11:12 UTC

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From: "Michael Behringer (mbehring)" <mbehring@cisco.com>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Thread-Topic: [homenet] Next steps for draft-behringer-homenet-trust-bootstrap?
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Cc: Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>, "homenet@ietf.org Group" <homenet@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [homenet] Next steps for draft-behringer-homenet-trust-bootstrap?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com]
[...]
> > But I think the need goes beyond wireless. If I have visitors, I may not like
> it if they plug in a device into the Ethernet socket in the guest room, and the
> device has full access to everything. I think we need a simple way to
> accept/deny a new device onto the network, independent of the media
> type.
> 
> And preferably a method that doesn't involve asking your visitor for her
> MAC address, or giving her a password that you don't want to leak.
> 
> On the other hand, a Bluetooth-like method that involves opening access
> for a few minutes while you automatically register the MAC address might
> be good enough for home use (but unacceptable for professional use).
> 
> What is unlikely to work in the real world is a complex cryptographically
> sound mechanism, even though it might be fun to design and debug.
> 
>     Brian

Before we dive into the solution space, Brian, do you agree that the framework draft should include this requirement? 

Michael

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