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

[Tommy Pauly <[e-mail]>]

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.

Thanks,
Tommy

> On Jan 30, 2020, at 10:20 AM, Fernando Gont <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> On 30/1/20 11:12, Michael Richardson wrote:
> [..]
>> I think that we should not oversell the benefits, but that doesn't mean there
>> are none. (I think that the benefits have been oversold within the IETF)
>> I'd like to see 6man look to better APIs for address selection.
> 
> Good grief. We did this: https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-gont-6man-address-usage-recommendations-04.txt
> 
> This work would have lead to the *real* issues for which some are blaming temporary addresses in this thread.
> 
> I presented it once in 6man, and was suggested it belonged elsewhere. I tried elsewhere (taps), but it seems they believe it belonged elsewhere.
> 
> So I guess the problem we are dealing with with be solved by someone, somewhere (someday? :-) ).
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Fernando Gont
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