RE: [Geopriv] NENA Requirements

This is very well stated and I completely agree with you Richard. > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Barnes [mailto:rbarnes@bbn.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2007 2:56 AM > To: Andrew Newton > Cc: Ted Hardie; Dawson, Martin; Marc Linsner; GEOPRIV > Subject: Re: [Geopriv] NENA Requirements > > > Location signing has been offered as a requirement. It has been pointed > > out that location signing is a solution and not a requirement. It has > > also been pointed out that the notion of network topology that is being > > applied to VoIP by this solution does not match the way the Internet > works. > > However, the security of voice services (emergency calling in > particular) depends centrally on the trust relationships that are > currently encoded in the topology of the PSTN. These trust > relationships are what need to persist through the transition to an > IP-based infrastructure. Public-key cryptography is how trust > relationships are codified and communicated in the modern Internet > community. From the little I know about it, NENA's VESA effort seems > like a good example of this translation. > > --Richard > > > > > Also, it has been fair to question the actual use of location signing > > with respect to invalidly signed or unsigned location information. To > > date, nobody has offered an authoritative policy... it is all > > supposition. It seems rather silly to claim to be the authoritative > > voice on this issue when you cannot give concrete policy examples. > > > > -andy > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geopriv mailing list > > Geopriv@ietf.org > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/geopriv > > > _______________________________________________ > Geopriv mailing list > Geopriv@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/geopriv ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any unauthorized use of this email is prohibited. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [mf2]

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Received on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:14:56 -0500