That answer seems to imply that if the MASA is down before I try to
transfer my device, and if the MASA is still down when the recipient
tries to get my device working, it won't work.
Which seems to mean that once a MASA goes down permanently, any new can
not get a device reliant on that MASA to work.
Seems a pretty severe limitation.
Yours,
Joel
On 9/30/18 3:58 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
On 2018-10-01 07:52, Randy Bush wrote:
christian,
a stunning review as usual. but i have two questions which you kind of
finessed. they are simple binary, i.e. yes/no, questions that the end
user, to whom the IETF is ultimately responsible, really cares about.
....
if the manufacturer's servers go down, either permanently or even for
a day, can i give/sell the device i have purchased to a third, well
fourth i guess, party, at my whim and seamlessly unencumbered?
There are two conditions for it to work as I understand:
1) The device ID is added to the list of devices acceptable to the
registrar in its new network.
AND
2) That registrar is able to contact the MASA.
Alternatively - see the previous point. If you had previously obtained
a voucher in advance, you could include it with the device. Just as
you might write the hard disk password on a yellow sticky when
selling a laptop in a garage sale.
Brian
