From nobody Tue Jul 27 13:01:56 2021
Return-Path: <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
X-Original-To: ipv6@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ipv6@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4013A1038;
 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:01:54 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.099
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.099 tagged_above=-999 required=5
 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1,
 DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001,
 NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001,
 URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Authentication-Results: ietfa.amsl.com (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key)
 header.d=gmail.com
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44])
 by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
 with ESMTP id XZDmTOcglqgO; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:01:49 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail-pl1-x62b.google.com (mail-pl1-x62b.google.com
 [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::62b])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83BF73A1031;
 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:01:49 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by mail-pl1-x62b.google.com with SMTP id n10so17593244plf.4;
 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:01:49 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; 
 h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent
 :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding;
 bh=Dxti4k821vv0/Ka70r4sapy64woJHN4/FMeckpz7It0=;
 b=qt/aY1BPraGLhxOxNUPptj61GXCSrgLJtBkcnLDeuA1LH7ysySrQt2ZTLPu4TjWTFd
 pAWgSLSZLgcW1A81shZGE9AGGKBIJBdsH0OdAjKxzgj9EBae5Ex4TL0ZnwVRq6HdMlKT
 7xAgAAA/JziI2vJdhXtxj37epGjHxQF/jBbHHnxlUU28AtxIos/Rk0v0vZqjIMs157wF
 ijt/95Q5M5og2DJIrss1J0319d60pW7wIVUpMErqUR3GU3xGYEMRGtzy1OipXNk9lilC
 TIWkA8B2Db+dhBvPNBHXVu0INCnVF/Qgq3p5BAEmABcF7wlmLeOJFChSWdt8r3XZxIri
 fZBQ==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
 d=1e100.net; s=20161025;
 h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date
 :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language
 :content-transfer-encoding;
 bh=Dxti4k821vv0/Ka70r4sapy64woJHN4/FMeckpz7It0=;
 b=A8hzvBmDKAvJz6HAYRpYM52dJRnzTHm3seLsDfGEuVenAeB+0llvEKjCJuXA0PoCFu
 6Msc9LBm40KUuZbUfkBAZPDzjD4r3OKP6qEPRQMBDAOxkxCUn1dOEpJV1eoKTKVjhZC5
 M0Yaf5n1LL4kpwgW+3xMMuYYgphomCAvyJu2nG16YHdlFgdsLJTWXOFAuzTegGzmVKsJ
 j7aHx6gnbloWyuK3Nw9eT5B/rfZBrsqiyF9fS6YzkOM+n/bnYJOJJJYrC7PMX5k8cz1l
 YIHty9N3VRUAAQhwocheCw1sQqIKtkJ/pXVm2V7gJ0tF8sOy2GPFmkpBqqzoG1W8Yj0Y
 jYoA==
X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533fAKzQ1VWwSxLrOe6SeArcZXwMCwdcyfycFRg6q6/YCsbWm0fU
 b77rgyN6+QoWsug11h7+JOVDiSe5S1lC+w==
X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzVoTrUTe5gkeem/6nYmRH0Xc5ZNUB5bWOwiLk6Nnw8X/YBI7aJARkn3IFIywjUGQZXLnT48Q==
X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:ead4:: with SMTP id
 ev20mr5887771pjb.65.1627416106488; 
 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from ?IPv6:2406:e003:1188:5b01:80b2:5c79:2266:e431?
 ([2406:e003:1188:5b01:80b2:5c79:2266:e431])
 by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n11sm226604pfj.158.2021.07.27.13.01.43
 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128);
 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Cbor] Interface names (Re: changes in
 draft-ietf-cbor-network-addresses-05.txt)
To: =?UTF-8?Q?Christian_Ams=c3=bcss?= <christian@amsuess.com>,
 Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
Cc: Erik Kline <ek.ietf@gmail.com>, cbor@ietf.org, 6MAN <6man@ietf.org>,
 core@ietf.org
References: <162608928922.11086.12172415971165753394@ietfa.amsl.com>
 <29067.1626090045@localhost>
 <CAMGpriUnfMjhk7teAN-A0j5SCK=BpyJEDC+NOCJtHzmF1BFeow@mail.gmail.com>
 <BF4E8691-CC71-43D2-8F56-C9567B7BFDD6@tzi.org>
 <YP/X+VBkFIBypvpB@hephaistos.amsuess.com>
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <fbfabab3-c7e5-c8e5-1dca-002dee1015ed@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:01:41 +1200
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/78.10.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <YP/X+VBkFIBypvpB@hephaistos.amsuess.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Language: en-US
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ipv6/XdkfZ5cPpDOcmeqPxgzv11rrSS0>
X-BeenThere: ipv6@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: "IPv6 Maintenance Working Group \(6man\)" <ipv6.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/ipv6>,
 <mailto:ipv6-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/ipv6/>
List-Post: <mailto:ipv6@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ipv6-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6>,
 <mailto:ipv6-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:01:55 -0000

On 27-Jul-21 21:55, Christian Ams=C3=BCss wrote:
> Hello Carsten, groups,
>=20
>> Interface names are local, so it doesn=E2=80=99t make a lot of sense t=
o carry
>> them around between systems, which is where CBOR is mostly used these
>> days.
>=20
> two applications come to mind:
>=20
> * RD introspection[1] uses zone identifiers in what may be described as=

>   debug output: Usually an RD won't show you a resource on a fe80::
>   address not on your link, but as an administrator you may need the
>   birds-eye view.

Yes, that is an operational use case, as also considered in RFC6874(bis)
=20
> * Many network devices offer a remote way to run a ping; when the
>   process is started via CBOR, it'd be useful to give an interface
>   identifier.

How does host A know the Zone IDs (interface names) used on
host B?

(Answer: only if B has previously told A. So the use case is quite
complex.)
=20
> I'm not particularly advocating that we add zone identifiers to the new=

> tags (as I can use URIs or even work around completely in the former,
> and don't have a pressing need for the latter) -- but with those
> examples, a statement like "we don't specify interface identifiers
> because they shouldn't be serialized anyway" would be overreaching.

They shouldn't be on the wire except in rather special use cases.

    Brian

>=20
> BR
> c
>=20
> [1]: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-amsuess-core-resource-direct=
ory-extensions-05.html#name-zone-identifier-introspecti
>=20
>=20
> _______________________________________________
> CBOR mailing list
> CBOR@ietf.org
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/cbor
>=20

