From: Int-area <int-area-boun...@ietf.org> on behalf of Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petre...@gmail.com> Sent: 20 December 2021 20:28 Le 18/12/2021 à 23:47, Brian E Carpenter a écrit : > On 19-Dec-21 11:34, Dino Farinacci wrote: >>> From a user perspective, the choice is clear: privacy and security are >>> top requirements. We know that payload encryption goes a long way, and >>> hopefully encryption of the transport layer headers will become >>> dominant so that intermediate nodes will stop meddling and ossifying >>> the transport layer. But not everything can be encrypted, the IP >>> addresses for instance, so providing real security and privacy at the >>> plaintext network layer should be on the list of features to support >>> user requirements. >> >> Definitely agree Tom. >> >> But what if we sent a packet where the source address was encrypted? >> Then you could have global unique addresses (if you wanted them). Of >> course key exchange and rekeying parameters would have to be setup >> prior to sending a single packet. > > It's called SNA (Sourceless Network Architecture): > https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-849.pdf
Wasnt SNA an IBM acronym for an architecture? <tp> Silly Names and Acronyms as I recall; YMMV Tom Petch Alex > > Brian > >> Maybe its just simpler to randomize addresses. >> >> Dino >> > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > Int-area@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list Int-area@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list Int-area@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
