Richard: > There's a difference, however, between ticking a box and having > individual user-attributable credentials. The two techniques are > focused on different goals, generically binding users to an AUP, without > caring who they are, versus being able to identify individual users on > the network (with more detail than a MAC address). > > The proposal here is the latter, which would seem to raise the question > of why individual user attribution is necessary, i.e., why anonymity in > the IETF network unacceptable -- even within the pool of IETF participants.
Anonymous access is available to anyone that cares to get a random registration ID from the IETF registration desk or the network help desk. So, clearly that was not a motive. One reason for using the registration ID was to allow people to use the network before the checkin at the IETF registration desk. Another reason was fewer tasks for the people manning the IETF registration desk. Russ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
