host-identifier with IPv6

[Ted Lemon]

On Mar 4, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Simon Hobson wrote:
> And please explain WHAT the registrar is going to enter in his  
> database ?

First, remember the context - we're talking about registering a  
student's machine.   The way I would implement this would be to have  
the student turn on their machine and bring up a browser, which would  
bring them to the captive network registration page.   They'd type in  
their name, and indicate whether the machine was new, or just  
reinstalled.   The database would record this information.   The  
student would then go down to the registrar's office and present ID.    
The registrar would check the ID, key in the student's name, and  
verify that the student was registering the particular machine that  
came up on screen.   Upon verification, the machine's DUID would wind  
up in your database.

You'd use a different process for school-owned machines, of course,  
but it would be similar - it's just that as an adminstrator, you'd be  
trusted in the same way the registrar was trusted, so you wouldn't  
have to go to the registrar to complete the transaction.