Re: [perpass] Tiny stacks

Robin Wilton <wilton@isoc.org> Mon, 09 December 2013 20:46 UTC

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From: Robin Wilton <wilton@isoc.org>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:50:11 +0100
To: Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx>
Cc: perpass <perpass@ietf.org>, "Stewart Bryant (stbryant)" <stbryant@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [perpass] Tiny stacks
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And in some cases, a tiny stack is an advantage. It shortens the path whose trustworthiness one has to assure.

Robin Wilton

Technical Outreach Director - Identity and Privacy

On 9 Dec 2013, at 21:04, Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/12/2013 11:04, Stewart Bryant (stbryant) wrote:
> (on a different list and under a differeny Subject header)
> ...
> 
> > Remembering of course that some platforms which wish
> > to use the Internet simply do not have the capability for
> > other than a very tiny very basic stack.
> >
> > I always use the PIC and the Arduino to remind myself what the
> > lower end of the franchise looks like.
> 
> It seems to me that perpass should think a little bit about
> privacy and anti-surveillance issues for devices with tiny
> stacks, and see if that calls for any specific IETF work items.
> 
> This is not unexplored territory.
> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-core-coap-18>
> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-aks-crypto-sensors-02>
> <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/dice/>
> 
> 
>  
> 
>     Brian
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