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Re: US patent on an IPv6 geolocation header extension

Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com> Thu, 18 January 2018 19:25 UTC

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From: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:25:19 -0800
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Subject: Re: US patent on an IPv6 geolocation header extension
To: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@boeing.com>
Cc: Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@gmail.com>, 6man WG <ipv6@ietf.org>
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@boeing.com> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6 [mailto:ipv6-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Mark Smith
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>> Here's some prior art from 2013.
>>
>> "Enhancing Location Based IP Services"
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-add-location-to-ipv6-header-01
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> I thought that rang a bell (reminded me of something). Wasn't there some who disliked the idea intensely, just because it disclosed geo location without the use being aware as the user might be, if that feature was in an app? I seem to remember some acrimony involved.

Right, my first question would be "How is users' privacy protected?".
Geo-location of individuals is very sensitive data. In fact, one of
the goals of ILA is to eliminate the possibility of inferring any
accurate location of a node from IP addresses.

Tom

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