Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Re: [Geopriv] [geopriv] #27: Subjective network views and policy

One question below --

On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:56 AM, geopriv issue tracker wrote:

> #27: Subjective network views and policy
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> +------------------------------------
> Reporter: martin.thomson@… | Owner: martin.thomson@…
> Type: defect | Status: new
> Priority: minor | Milestone:
> Component: held-identity-extensions | Version:
> Severity: Candidate WG Document | Keywords: policy identity
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> +------------------------------------
>
> Comment(by martin.thomson@…):
>
> Proposed additions:
>
> ''A new paragraph after the cited section seems appropriate:''
> Authorization policy can be affected by a subjective network view
> if it
> is applied based on an identifier, or it's application depends on
> identifiers. The subjective view presented to the LIS and Rule
> Maker need
> to agree for the two entities to understand policy on the same
> terms. For
> instance, it is possible that the authorization policy applied by
> the LIS
> is entirely incorrect if authorization policy is selected using a
> subjective identifier. Alternatively, policy might be incorrectly
> applied
> if identifiers differ.
>

What is the difference between what is described in the second-to-last
sentence and what is described in the last sentence above?

Alissa
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