On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 09:35:38PM -0400, Joel M. Halpern wrote: > Uma, > It simply does not follow that you need an identity in order to be > able to update the mapping system. You do need authentication. > If you use DNS, then mechanissm such as the authentication used > with dynamic DNS suffice. > If you use LISP, then the keying associated with the delegation of > the identifier works. > If you use MobileIP, then you need the authentication with your > home register. > > There is no need for any special Identity. My reading of the claim was that authentication is needed in order to change the actual map itself, which does seem like a true statement, in general. Authentication is not necessarily needed just to consume the map. -Ben