4 Oct
2012
4 Oct
'12
3:49 p.m.
On Oct 4, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
Once host identifiers are no longer dependent on or related to topology, there's no reason a reasonable fixed-length cannot suffice.
Host identities should be cryptographic hashes of public keys, so you have to support algorithm agility, which probably implies variable length.
No, they really shouldn't, but I understand why some security zealots think that's a good idea. Owen