Re: [Model-t] draft-thomson-tmi

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:56 AM Vittorio Bertola <vittorio.bertola=
[e-mail]> wrote:

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> > Il 13/07/2020 06:32 Martin Thomson <[e-mail]> ha scritto:
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> > There have been a lot of discussions recently about the threat model,
> but I thought that I would contribute something concrete.
> >
> > This is an attempt to capture what I believe to be the principles behind
> some of the more prominent recent protocol design efforts.  In some ways
> this is a broader take than that in RFC 8558, which was a discussion of
> transport protocols.  QUIC very much embodies these principles, but I could
> point to a number of other efforts across the IETF.  The principles I
> recommend are:
> >
> >    1.  Prefer designs without intermediaries
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> >    2.  Failing that, control which entities can intermediate the
> protocol, and
> >
> >    3.  Limit actions and information that are available to intermediaries
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> I think that this really depends on who you are and how you see the world.
> There are people who are more afraid of the endpoints, given how hard it
> has become to be able to know and choose who you (the applications and
> devices you use) communicate with - so these people would like to become
> intermediaries, or install intermediaries, to regain control of their
> communications. Think of concepts like ad blockers,


Ad blocking commonly takes place at the endpoint, where it is far more
effective than at the network layer.

-Ekr