Re: ICR "Unique Identifiers"

This statement in the document is false, as far as I can see from a =
technical
perspective:

"ICRs therefore provide the unique identifier to distinguish between =
different
users of a shared IP address"

On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:08:20 +0000, you wrote:

>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/fil=
e/473745/Factsheet-Internet_Connection_Records.pdf =
<https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/fil=
e/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.=
=20
>>=20
>>=20
>What?  What?  What is this on about?  I=92m 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=92s surely not going to be able to do =
anyhing about downstream NAT?
>
>ian