Re: [netmod] [Teas] Key collision between configured and ephemeral list entries

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Tue, 11 June 2019 18:36 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
To: Italo Busi <Italo.Busi@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] [Teas] Key collision between configured and ephemeral list entries
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 05:43:27PM +0000, Italo Busi wrote:

> [Italo Busi] If the client knows the prefix used by the server, it
> can pick up a different prefix and use it to tag its own entries. I
> think this rule is not really complex and it seems much simpler than
> managing unintended name clashes

A prefix only helps a little. Once you have multiple clients creating
entries, you will have to handle collisions again. Sometimes solving
the more general case leads to solutions that also work nicely in
simpler special cases.

/js

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