Re: [Mud] what if MUD file is now longer available?

["Marc Blanchet" <[e-mail]>]

On 11 May 2019, at 19:51, Michael Richardson wrote:

> {did the list transition go as intended?}

sorry. just did.

>
> What should a MUD-manager do if a MUD file can no longer be found at 
> the
> provided URL?   Perhaps this is equivalent to the signature not 
> verifying.
>
> I'm thinking specifically of a case where a device is initially 
> created by a
> contractor, they dutifully create a MUD file, provide it to the 
> customer to
> host, and then.. the customer forgets... marketing reorganizes the web 
> site,
> etc.  and so the MUD file goes missing.
>
> Section 13.2 says that the MUD-manager should cease processing at that 
> point.
> I guess at that point, the access should therefore be default-deny.
> I guess the other question is what would the access be if there were 
> no
> MUD URL at all.  We'd all like to be default-deny, but I think that 
> during
> a transition period it can't be that.
>
>
> --
> Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>, Sandelman Software Works
>  -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
>
>
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