Re: Better APIs (was: Re: Address privacy)

[Erik Kline <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 1:23 PM Tommy Pauly <tpauly=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Fernando,
>
> For the record, the TAPS documents have indeed incorporated API
> recommendations to support this in the current working version of the draft:
>
>
> https://ietf-tapswg.github.io/api-drafts/draft-ietf-taps-interface.html#name-local-address-preference
> <https://ietf-tapswg.github.io/api-drafts/draft-ietf-taps-interface..html#name-local-address-preference>
>
> 5.2.12. Local Address Preference
> Name:
> local-address-preference
> Type:
> Enumeration
> This property specifies whether Listeners and Connections should prefer
> the use of temporary addresses when possible. This is generally used to
> prevent linking connections over time when a stable address is not needed.
> Possible values are:
>
> Stable:
> Prefer the use of stable (sometimes called "permanent") local addresses
> Temporary:
> Prefer the use of temporary (sometimes called "privacy")
> addresses [RFC4941]
> The default is to prefer the use of stable local addresses for Listeners
> and Rendezvous Connections, and to prefer the use of temporary addresses
> for other Connections.
>
>
This makes sense to me.  +1