Re: [serval-project-dev] Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Jeremy Lakeman - From: Jeremy Lakeman Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:10:26 +1030 To: serval-project-develop...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [serval-project-dev] Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header Reply-To: serval-project-develop...@googlegroups.com Allocate an

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 11/26/12, Alex wrote: > This would be great for troubleshooting things...I agree, but other than > that it would create a whole new plethora of privacy concerns. Just about every new technology, IP itself included has privacy concerns, related to it; which is really just a fancy new name for

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread George Herbert
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2012, at 14:51 , George Herbert wrote: > >> The utility of this is somewhat moderated by limited geographical >> mobility while a phone's active in a single session. One rarely >> drives from San Francisco to LA typing all the wa

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Owen DeLong
On Nov 26, 2012, at 14:51 , George Herbert wrote: > The utility of this is somewhat moderated by limited geographical > mobility while a phone's active in a single session. One rarely > drives from San Francisco to LA typing all the way on their smartphone > data connection, for example. > Th

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Harald Koch wrote: > On 26 November 2012 17:36, William Herrin wrote: >> Suppose you have a large single-owner mesh network, such as a folks >> walking around with cell phones. If you want them to have a stable >> layer 3 address (and you do) then you're handling

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 05:46:33PM -0500, Harald Koch wrote: > This also naively assumes that wireless network topology correlates with > geographic location. Any radio engineer (or cell phone user) can explain > why that doesn't work. Serval has about 200 m line of sight range. In general LoS vis

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread George Herbert
The utility of this is somewhat moderated by limited geographical mobility while a phone's active in a single session. One rarely drives from San Francisco to LA typing all the way on their smartphone data connection, for example. To the extent that you may apply IP ranges to wider geographical a

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Harald Koch
This also naively assumes that wireless network topology correlates with geographic location. Any radio engineer (or cell phone user) can explain why that doesn't work. On 26 November 2012 17:36, William Herrin wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:56:52PM -0200, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: >> Just for redundancy's sake: No, L3 is **not** the place for this kind of >> information. L3 is supposed to be simple, easy to implement, fast to > > I agree. You need to pu

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Owen DeLong
ic, including documents you >>> read, messages, usernames, passwords, bank accounts ...etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> Other than ISP, sniffers can be connected to the same layer-2/layer-3 >>> device >>> as mine, in this case I would

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:56:52PM -0200, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: > Just for redundancy's sake: No, L3 is **not** the place for this kind of > information. L3 is supposed to be simple, easy to implement, fast to I agree. You need to put it into L2, and the core usage would be for wireless meshes

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
case I would worry about >> usernames/passwords/accounts/files/keys/pictures/messages .. etc, but not >> location as the sniffer in this case is mostly sitting at the same >> physical >> location as mine. >> >> >> >> 4- our locations currently are bein

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Mohacsi Janos
Thanks, Ammar From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 3:00 PM To: 'nanog@nanog.org' Subject: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header Dears, I've proposed a new IPv6 "extension header", it's now posted on IET

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 02:19:48PM -0800, John Adams wrote: > Your proposal doesn't even give people a way to encrypt their location > data; By moving geodata to a portion of the protocol which is not covered It's not possible to hide location. Anonymity and efficient transport don't mix. This wi

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Alex
ase its implemented. Thanks, Ammar From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 3:00 PM To: 'nanog@nanog.org' Subject: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header Dears, I've proposed a new IPv6 "extension header",

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Dave Edelman
ists, typically non-disinterested third-parties describe them as such. --Dave > -Original Message- > From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq] > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:00 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header >

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread David Conrad
ither qualified NOR authorised to ask >> such an appallingly >> INSENSITIVE Question! >> >> Your so called "Freedom-of-Speech" DOES NOT translate to >> Character-Assasination on this or any other forum!! >> >> Follow me you ipdog? Find you

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Christopher Rogers
Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header Just because it is from Iraq; does NOT mean by any streach of the imagination that OP is a terrorist! You need to get outside the box you are living in and learn to separate the forest from the trees! You are "entitled&

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Randy
NOG! I do take exception to such garbage; while other's might not. ./Randy --- On Sun, 11/25/12, Network IPdog wrote: > From: Network IPdog > Subject: RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header > To: "'Randy'" > Date: Sunday, November 25, 2012, 6:43 PM

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 11/25/12, William Herrin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Ammar Salih > wrote: > Geographic-based layer 3 routing has been thoroughly discussed on the > IRTF RRG and just as thoroughly rejected. It's wholly inadequate as an > approximation for topographic locality within the network g

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Randy
n Adams [mailto:j...@retina.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:20 PM > To: Ammar Salih > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > list > Subject: Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header > > Your proposal doesn't even give people a way to encrypt > their location data; > By

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Network IPdog
rom: John Adams [mailto:j...@retina.net] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:20 PM To: Ammar Salih Cc: nanog@nanog.org list Subject: Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header Your proposal doesn't even give people a way to encrypt their location data; By moving geodata to a portion of the protoco

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread John Adams
Your proposal doesn't even give people a way to encrypt their location data; By moving geodata to a portion of the protocol which is not covered by commonly used encryption methods (i.e. HTTPS, which is up a few layers in the stack) people can't be protected should this data be monitored by a mali

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:08:15PM -0500, William Herrin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Ammar Salih wrote: > > 2- Layer 7 will not be detected by layer 3 devices (routers) .. so > > location-based service on layer-3 will not be possible. > > Geographic-based layer 3 routing has been th

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread William Herrin
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Ammar Salih wrote: > 2- Layer 7 will not be detected by layer 3 devices (routers) .. so > location-based service on layer-3 will not be possible. Geographic-based layer 3 routing has been thoroughly discussed on the IRTF RRG and just as thoroughly rejected. It's w

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 25/11/2012 02:02, Michael Butler wrote: > In a number of jurisdictions and particularly in the EU, IP addresses > themselves (any version) are considered Personally Identifiable > Information (PII) and are expected/required to be protected as such. actually no. The EU Article 29 Data Protectio

RE: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-25 Thread Ammar Salih
who felt uncomfortable about the draft *they should not* as the whole feature is optional - in case its implemented. Thanks, Ammar From: Ammar Salih [mailto:ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 3:00 PM To: 'nanog@nanog.org' Subject: Adding GPS location t

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 11/24/12, John Adams wrote: > Don't conflate layer 5-7 needs with basic communication requirements. IP is > not the place for this sort of header. IP is the logical place for this kind of header, as this information is node dependent, not application dependent. It would be useful for identif

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Kenneth McRae
I see major privacy issues with this. Why introduce more intelligence which WILL eventually be used for more intrusion into the private lives of all of us? I don't particularly care for "smart" ads and three like.. On Nov 24, 2012 9:37 AM, "Ammar Salih" wrote: > Dears, I've proposed a new IPv6

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Michael Butler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/22/12 06:59, Ammar Salih wrote: > Dears, I've proposed a new IPv6 "extension header", it's now posted on IETF > website, your ideas and comments are most welcome! In a number of jurisdictions and particularly in the EU, IP addresses themselves (

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Tammy A. Wisdom
Im just going to come out and say this. This is a gigantic invasion of privacy and a really bad idea. - Original Message - > From: "Ammar Salih" > To: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 4:59:59 AM > Subject: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header >

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Nov 24, 2012, at 22:18, John Adams wrote: > If there's a place where I can go and vote this down / debate it away, tell > me where that is. Not needed. It already has been completely shredded at the relevant IETF mailing lists, geopriv and ipv6 (6man WG). I have no idea why Ammar isn't lis

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Daniel Ankers
It seems to me that there's a big problem with using this for rights enforcement. If the header is added by the user's device, then on certain operating systems it will be trivial for the user to set this to whatever they want it to be - which would defeat the purpose. If the header is added by de

Re: Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread John Adams
Don't conflate layer 5-7 needs with basic communication requirements. IP is not the place for this sort of header. This is not data that should be sent on every packet. It becomes redundant. Not to mention the serious privacy concerns such a header brings up in the protocol. You barely address th

Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

2012-11-24 Thread Ammar Salih
Dears, I've proposed a new IPv6 "extension header", it's now posted on IETF website, your ideas and comments are most welcome! http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-add-location-to-ipv6-header/?include_t ext=1 Thanks! Ammar Salih