Re: Comments on draft-dupont-ipv6-rfc3041harmful-00.txt

2002-06-28 Thread Francis Dupont
In your previous mail you wrote: Even if the adversary somehow knows there is only one machine per subnet, I think RFC 3041 still enhances privacy. = I agree but I still have two major concerns about RFC 3041: - one could believe the privacy benefits of RFC 3041 are much higher

Re: Comments on draft-dupont-ipv6-rfc3041harmful-00.txt

2002-06-27 Thread Francis Dupont
In your previous mail you wrote: In draft-dupont-ipv6-rfc3041harmful-00.txt titled RFC 3041 considered harmful Francis argues that rfc 3041 gives no privacy benefit whilst increasing complexity and making DDoS attacks easier. = yes, I maintain my argument (but if you can improve

RE: Comments on draft-dupont-ipv6-rfc3041harmful-00.txt

2002-06-27 Thread Richard Draves
Even if the adversary somehow knows there is only one machine per subnet, I think RFC 3041 still enhances privacy. First, it hides the manufacturer of your network card. Second, it prevents the adversary from tracking usage of the network card across multiple subnets. This is important for

Re: Comments on draft-dupont-ipv6-rfc3041harmful-00.txt

2002-06-27 Thread Alain Durand
On Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 11:03 AM, Richard Draves wrote: Even if the adversary somehow knows there is only one machine per subnet, I think RFC 3041 still enhances privacy. First, it hides the manufacturer of your network card. Second, it prevents the adversary from tracking usage of