Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: <draft-gont-numeric-ids-sec-considerations-06.txt> (Security Considerations for Transient Numeric Identifiers Employed in Network Protocols) to Best Current Practice

[Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 17, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Dec 17, 2020, at 6:47 PM, Joseph Touch <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What you add as a requirement ends up excluding as a platform. That’s the antithesis of Internet design.

The point is that these are tradeoffs of *implementation*, and should not be described as protocol deficiencies.

It sounds like what you’re saying is that it’s a SHOULD, not a MUST?

At the *protocol* level, it’s nothing. Only as an implementation suggestion. 

Joe

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