Hi Warren,
At 01:10 PM 23-01-2020, Warren Kumari wrote:
s/some work/lots of work/
Yes.
The document talks about: "The Server, with the aforementioned outline
code, knows the IP address of the WiFi hot spot." - this may come from
a misunderstanding of how wireless networks are typically provided.
When your device makes a connection to a server, the server sees an IP
from a subnet which spans a large physical area (in the case of v6),
or a NATed address which covers a subnet covering a large physical
area (v4) -- the address (generally) isn't the address of the access
point you connect to -- in order to improve the user experience (and
make the network work better / easier to manage, etc) wireless
networks try to let you keep the same address for as long as possible
(see WiFi roaming, etc)
Thanks for elaborating on the above point.
So, if this were to move forward, it would need a lot more work (and
research into what already exists), and figure out if / how the
granularity and privacy concerns can be addressed.
I'm really not trying to dissuade you from this, but it will require a
lot more fleshing out / and understanding of what already exists...
There is, for example, location information services. A search on
that should turn up a few RFCs as a starting point.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
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