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

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

On 1/2/20 18:23, Tommy Pauly 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 is good, but only scratches the surface. See requirements on on
address scopes, bind()ing addresses, etc.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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