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Re: [ntpwg] call for adoption (draft-dfranke-ntp-data-minimization)

Harlan Stenn <stenn@nwtime.org> Mon, 27 March 2017 21:06 UTC

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From: Harlan Stenn <stenn@nwtime.org>
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If we're saying "our values have poor precision" there's a better
argument to be made for using a positive number that is less than 128.

On 3/27/17 1:58 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/27/17 1:53 PM, Daniel Franke wrote:
>> On 3/27/17, Harlan Stenn <stenn@nwtime.org> wrote:
>>> Ah, precision.
>>>
>>> Where's the problem in having the precision value be accurate?
>>
>> Same problem as every other field: it's data that can be used for
>> fingerprinting. In this particular case, it's a problem even if the
>> client never moves between networks, since the precision value carries
>> information that can help an eavesdropper guess the client's hardware
>> and OS.
> 
> OK, and we're back to my wondering how much of this is "conspiracy theory".
> 

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Harlan Stenn <stenn@nwtime.org>
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