[Last-Call] Secdir last call review of draft-ietf-babel-rtt-extension-04

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Reviewer: Shivan Sahib
Review result: Has Issues

This document enhances the Babel routing protocol by allowing gathering of RTT
measurements from neighbours (and then using that for routing decisions). From
reading the Security Considerations of RFC 8966 (last para), it seems that
geolocation privacy was a concern with the original Babel spec. Allowing
extremely-fine-grained (1 microsecond) RTT measurements makes that infinitely
worse, especially for users on mobile or behind VPNs, who typically have
special privacy needs.

The IETF has thought a lot about privacy concerns with RTT measurement and how
to balance them with operational needs, but before delving into that I wanted
to check if this was a concern that was identified or discussed.


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