All,
I’ll remind the group that (if I recall correctly) we added material explaining the derivation of these “magic numbers” in response to a comment earlier in our process. I am concerned that reversing that direction, and going back to a more general/vague statement that just has the magic numbers (without the derivation) will result in some voter(s) becoming unhappy again.
So, question to the reflector (here):
Are you okay with (or even prefer) to leave unstated the derivation of the required limits on the maximum size of a device ID (or an encoded Device ID, and/or an encrypted opaque identifier – let alone a PASN ID or Measurement ID)?
Thanks for any comments/discussion.
Mark
From: Mark Rison <m.rison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 17 July, 2024 5:41
To: STDS-802-11-TGBH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBH] padding discussion
I'm still struggling with this.
From a discussion with the other Mark I'd understood the consensus was
to limit device IDs to 240 octets. But then in:
The overhead of the scheme is 17 octets—1 for the pad indicator and 16 for the SIV tag—plus padding and plus the size of the tweak. Device identifiers that are greater than 233 octets cannot be opacified using this scheme.
Note: 233 is the maximum size of a device ID with no padding and no tweak minus the overhead.
I don't understand the 233.
I think it would be safer to keep it vague, something like just:
NOTE--The maximum size of device ID that can be opacified using this scheme is the maximum size of device ID that can be communicated (see <wherever the 240 limit is specified>) minus the opacification overhead (17 octets (1 for the pad indicator and 16 for the SIV tag) plus padding plus tweak).
Thanks,
Mark
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From: Harkins, Dan <daniel.harkins@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2024 21:25
To: STDS-802-11-TGBH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [STDS-802-11-TGBH] padding discussion
Please see document 11-24/1026r1 for proposed changes to address the continued issue with the padding description in the annex (plus the fixing of a typo).
Dan.
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