Globally unique != static. They can be randomized and varied over time, e.g., as are Ethernet MAC addresses, exactly for the reasons you note.
Joe — Joe Touch, temporal epistemologist www.strayalpha.com > On Dec 17, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 18-Dec-21 07:48, Geoff Huston wrote: > ... >> So, to repurpose some graffiti from the 1970’s, we need globally unique >> addresses like fish need bicycles! :-) > > They have residual value for surveillance and possibly other forensic uses, > which may of course be actively harmful to the user. > > But on the other hand, while what you say about economics is undoubtedly > true, don't we want to keep the peer-to-peer option open *as a matter of > principle*? After all, we still have that option for phone calls, even though > it's now a minority usage pattern for mobile devices. > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > Int-area@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
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