Jim and all, As you know Jim, and possibly you too Vint, I am on the WG for IPv6 and have been following some of the discussion and assisting where I have something to contribute. A little over a year ago, there was some heated debate (I was involved) regarding the Privacy concerns with IPv6. Most of this is do to two problems. One being the "Autoconfig" for implementation specification for IPv6, the other is the "Always On" feature of IPv6. The implementation (Autoconfig as default) was and remains that biggest problem with respect to Privacy issues. (Autoconfig) should not be default was my argument for implementation. I also suggested several changes to the Spec for Autoconfig for consideration. But the majority of the group felt that being able to track folks easily was more important. I found this astounding. As a consequence I was soon contacted by several members of the press and did a few interviews regarding the concerns of Privacy with IPv6 which raised quite a fuss with the IETF community at the time. JIM FLEMING wrote: > Vint, > > Will you be telling them about the IPv6 Privacy Problem? > > http://www.internetwk.com/columns/frezz100499.htm > > http://www.comsoc.org/confs/IPv6/ > Internet Protocol Version 6 Workshop > IPv6: The New Internet Tidal Wave > 27 November 2000 > Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA USA > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > http://www.globecom2000.com/daireg/agenda.view.cfm?daiRegID=59&agendaGroupID > =10 > > Jim Fleming > http://www.unir.com/images/architech.gif > http://www.unir.com/images/address.gif > http://www.unir.com/images/headers.gif > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt > http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/start.asp Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 112k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1800 x1894 or 9236 fwd's to home ph# Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
