Re: 64bit MAC addresses and SLAAC

[Philip Homburg <[e-mail]>]

> If that 'C' is not seeded well enough, or has licenses on it, or
> is IPRed, or is not open source, or bleeds when attacked by a
> distributed.net lucky PC, or is not resisting quantum attacks after
> tomorrow, or was not fully tested against endianness on this new
> IoT platform, or is too slow, or simply does not compile there -
> then we're at risk.

You always write an RFC that discusses which function to use for generating
IIDs.

In this context, SHA2 is safe against quantum attacks. You do need a way
of providing a device with a stable secret. However, you probably need that
for any kind of security. If you cannot do that, then it is probably better
to avoid connecting the device to the internet.