[ NNSquad ] Privacy issues in proposed DNS protocol extension

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Several people have already asked me about the privacy implications
associated with http://bit.ly/cAS0rO (Google Code Blog).

For now, I recommend reading the full Draft:

http://bit.ly/bf7wa7  (IETF)

for details, but the executive summary is that the default
recommendation is anonymization of the low order octet of IP
addresses, and includes a mechanism for full address opt-out
from the extension (see section 8.1).

I welcome discussion here in NNSquad of the perceived implications of
this proposal, both positive and/or negative.

--Lauren--
NNSquad Moderator