Re: [mif] WGLC for draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-id

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Wed, 04 November 2015 07:58 UTC

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From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:57:59 +0900
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Subject: Re: [mif] WGLC for draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-id
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On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Tommy Pauly <tpauly@apple.com> wrote:

> Concerns with the many types of ID described in draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-id
> include:
> - The size of the ID, although bounded in the draft to 255 bytes, may be
> far too large for RAs, etc. A fixed, small number of bytes is much more
> usable
> - The content of the ID if it is a richer type (string, FQDN, etc) will be
> opaque to client devices, and essentially useless. If there is no added
> information, having more types and more lengths only adds processing
> overhead.
>

+1. A fixed-length ID (64 or 128 bits) would be much easier to support.