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Re: [mif] WGLC for draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-arch-02

Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 25 July 2014 14:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mif] WGLC for draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-arch-02
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On Jul 25, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Ian Farrer <ianfarrer@gmx.com> wrote:
> [ian] I think the format / contents of the meta-data is a separate discussion. What I mean is that the PVD ID shouldn’t be trying to convey anything apart from a unique identifier for the PVD. Using a human readable format as the unique PvD ID also provides the potential for a social engineering attack.

Yup.   I think this is a problem that needs to be addressed.

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