Re: ICR "Unique Identifiers"

Sam Smith <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:38:59 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.law.cryptography.uk
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> On 4 Nov 02015, at 14:08, Ian Batten <igb-BFib/[email protected]> wrote:
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> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473745/Factsheet-Internet_Connection_Records.pdf
> 
>> However, without the retention of ICRs, resolving an IP address back to a single user will often not be possible as multiple users may be associated with that IP address. ICRs therefore provide the unique identifier to distinguish between different users of a shared IP address. 
>> 
>> 
> What?  What?  What is this on about?  I’m guessing it means you need to store whatever the token was that was used to issue an IP number (IMEI, modem MAC, etc), but it’s surely not going to be able to do anyhing about downstream NAT?

downstream NAT is less of a problem for inbound connections to that IP.

This is IP level retention, not HTTP level.



Sam