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    Privacy considerations Considerations for protocols relying Protocols Relying on IP broadcast and
                               multicast
                draft-ietf-intarea-broadcast-consider-09 Broadcast or
                               Multicast

Abstract

   A number of application-layer protocols make use of IP broadcasts broadcast or
   multicast messages for functions such as local service discovery or
   name resolution.  Some of these functions can only be implemented
   efficiently using such mechanisms.  When using broadcasts broadcast or multicast
   messages, a passive observer in the same broadcast/ broadcast or multicast
   domain can trivially record these messages and analyze their content.
   Therefore, designers of protocols that make use of
   broadcast/multicast broadcast or
   multicast messages need to take special care when designing their
   protocols.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Types and usage Usage of broadcast Broadcast and multicast Multicast  . . . . . . .   4
     1.2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Privacy considerations Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.1.  Message frequency Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  Persistent identifiers Identifiers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.3.  Anticipate user behavior User Behavior  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.4.  Consider potential correlation Potential Correlation  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.5.  Configurability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   3.  Operational considerations Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   4.  Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Other considerations Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   6.  Acknowledgments . .  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   7.  IANA  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.  Security Considerations  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   9.
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . .  10
     9.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . .  10
     9.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10  13
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   Broadcast and multicast messages have a large (and (and, to the sender sender,
   unknown) receiver group by design.  Because of that, these two
   mechanisms are vital for a number of basic network functions such as
   auto-configuration or
   autoconfiguration and link-layer address lookup.  Also  Also, application
   developers use broadcast/multicast messages to implement things such
   as local service or peer discovery.  It appears that an increasing
   number of applications make use of it as suggested by experimental
   results obtained on campus networks networks, including the IETF meeting
   network [TRAC2016].  This trend is not entirely surprising.  As
   [RFC0919] puts it, "The use of broadcasts [...] is a good base for
   many applications".  Broadcast and multicast functionality in a
   subnetwork are is therefore important as because a lack thereof renders the
   protocols relying on these mechanisms inoperable [RFC3819].

   Using broadcast/multicast can become problematic if the information
   that is being distributed can be regarded as sensitive or when if the
   information that is distributed by multiple of these protocols can be
   correlated in a way that sensitive data can be derived.  This is
   clearly true for any protocol, but broadcast/multicast is special in
   at least two respects:

   (a)  The aforementioned large receiver group, consisting group consists of receivers
        unknown to the sender.  This makes eavesdropping without special
        privileges or a special location in the network trivial for
        anybody in the same broadcast/multicast domain.

   (b)  Encryption is difficult when broadcast/multicast messages are
        used, because, for instance because instance, a non-trivial key management
        protocol might be required.  When encryption is not used, the
        content of these messages is easily accessible, making it easy
        to spoof and replay them.

   Given the above, privacy protection for protocols based on broadcast
   or multicast communication is significantly more difficult compared
   to unicast communication communication, and at the same time invading the time, invasion of privacy
   is much easier.

   Privacy considerations of for IETF-specified protocols have received
   some attention in the recent past (e.g. (e.g., [RFC7721] or and [RFC7819]).
   There is also general guidance available for document authors on when
   and how to include a privacy considerations section in their
   documents and on how to evaluate the privacy implications of Internet
   protocols [RFC6973].  RFC6973  RFC 6973 also describes potential threats to
   privacy in great detail and lists terminology that is also used in
   this document.  In contrast to RFC6973, RFC 6973, this document contains a
   number of privacy considerations considerations, especially for protocols that rely
   on broadcast/multicast, that are intended to reduce the likelihood
   that a
   broadcast/multicast broadcast- or multicast-based protocol can be misused to
   collect sensitive data about devices, users users, and groups of users in a
   broadcast/multicast domain.

   The above mentioned above-mentioned considerations particularly apply to protocols
   designed outside the IETF - for two reasons.  For one,  First, non-standard
   protocols will likely not receive operational attention and support
   in making them more secure, e.g. e.g., what DHCP snooping does for DHCP.
   But because
   Because these protocols are typically not documented, network
   equipment does not provide similar features for them.  The other
   reason is that  Second, these
   protocols have been designed in isolation, where a set of
   considerations to follow is useful in the absence of a larger
   community providing feedback and expertise to improve the protocol.
   In particular, carelessly designed protocols that use
   broadcast/multicast broadcast/
   multicast can break privacy efforts at different layers of the
   protocol stack such as MAC Media Access Control (MAC) address or IP
   address randomization [RFC4941].

1.1.  Types and usage Usage of broadcast Broadcast and multicast Multicast

   In IPv4, two major types of broadcast addresses exist, the exist: limited
   broadcast and directed broadcast.  Section 5.3.5 of [RFC1812] defines
   limited broadcast which is defined as all-ones (255.255.255.255, defined in
   section 5.3.5.1 of [RFC1812]) (255.255.255.255) and the defines directed
   broadcast with as the given network prefix of an IP address and the host local
   part of all-ones
   (defined in section 5.3.5.2. of [RFC1812]). all-ones.  Broadcast packets are received by all nodes in a
   subnetwork.  Limited broadcasts never transit a router.  The same is
   true for directed broadcasts by default, but routers may provide an
   option to do this [RFC2644].
   IPv6  IPv6, on the other hand hand, does not
   provide broadcast addresses but
   solely relies solely on multicast [RFC4291].

   In contrast to broadcast addresses, multicast addresses represent an
   identifier for a set of interfaces that can be a set different from
   all nodes in the subnetwork.  All interfaces that are identified by a
   given multicast address receive packets destined towards that address
   and are called a multicast group. "multicast group".  In both IPv4 and IPv6, multiple
   pre-defined multicast addresses exist.  The ones most relevant for
   this document are the ones with subnet scope.  For IPv4, an IP prefix
   is reserved for this purpose
   called the Local "Local Network Control Block Block" (224.0.0.0/24, defined in section
   Section 4 of [RFC5771]). [RFC5771]) is reserved for this purpose.  For IPv6, the
   relevant multicast addresses are the two All Nodes Addresses, which
   every IPv6-capable host is required to recognize as identifying
   itself (see section Section 2.7.1 of [RFC4291]).

   Typical usage of these addresses include includes local service discovery
   (e.g.
   (e.g., Multicast DNS (mDNS) [RFC6762] and Link-Local Multicast Name
   Resolution (LLMNR) [RFC4795] make use of multicast),
   autoconfiguration (e.g. (e.g., DHCPv4 [RFC2131] uses broadcasts broadcasts, and DHCPv6
   [RFC3315] uses multicast addresses) addresses), and other vital network services
   such as address resolution or duplicate address detection.  But
   besides  Aside
   from these core network functions, also applications also make use of
   broadcast and multicast functionality, often implementing proprietary
   protocols.  In sum, these protocols distribute a diverse set of
   potentially privacy sensitive privacy-sensitive information to a large receiver group group,
   and the only requirement to be part of this receiver group, the only requirement group is to be
   on the same subnetwork.

1.2.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
   BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.  Privacy considerations Considerations

   There are a few obvious and a few not necessarily obvious things that
   designers of protocols utilizing broadcast/multicast should consider
   in respect to the privacy implications of for their protocol.  Most of
   these items are based on protocol behavior observed as part of
   experiments on operational networks [TRAC2016].

2.1.  Message frequency Frequency

   Frequent broadcast/multicast traffic caused by an application can
   give away user behavior and online connection times.  This allows a
   passive observer to potentially deduce a user's current activity
   (e.g.
   (e.g., a game) and it allows to create an online profile (i.e. (i.e., times the user
   is on the network).  The higher  This profile becomes more accurate as the
   frequency of these messages and the duration of time these messages duration over which they are sent, the more
   accurate this profile will be. sent
   increases.  Given that broadcasts/multicasts broadcast/multicast messages are only visible
   in the same broadcast/multicast domain, these messages also give away
   the rough location of the user away (e.g. (e.g., a campus or building).

   This behavior has e.g. has, for example, been observed by a synchronization
   mechanism of a popular application, where multiple messages have been
   sent per minute via broadcast.  Given this behavior, it is possible
   to record a device's time on the network with a sub-minute accuracy
   given only the traffic of this single application installed on the
   device.  But
   also  Also, services used for local name resolution in modern
   operating systems utilize broadcast/multicast broadcast- or multicast-based protocols (e.g.
   (e.g., mDNS, LLMNR LLMNR, or NetBIOS) to announce announce, for example example, resources regularly which
   on a regular basis.  This also allow allows tracking of the online time times of
   a device.

   If a protocol relies on frequent or periodic broadcast/multicast
   messages, the frequency SHOULD be chosen conservatively, in
   particular if the messages contain persistent identifiers (see next
   subsection).
   Section 2.2).  Also, intelligent message suppression mechanisms such
   as the ones employed in mDNS [RFC6762] SHOULD be implemented.  The
   lower the frequency of broadcast messages, the harder passive traffic
   analysis and surveillance becomes.

2.2.  Persistent identifiers Identifiers

   A few protocols that make use of broadcast/multicast messages
   observed in the wild also make use of persistent identifiers.  This
   includes the use of host names or more abstract persistent
   identifiers such as a universally unique identifiers (UUID) Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) or
   similar.  These IDs, which e.g. which, for example, identify the installation of
   a certain application application, might not change across updates of the
   software and can therefore be extremely long lived.  This allows a
   passive observer to track a user precisely if broadcast/multicast
   messages are frequent.  This is even true in case if the IP and/or MAC
   address changes.  Such identifiers also allow two different
   interfaces (e.g.
   WiFi (e.g., Wi-Fi and Ethernet) to be correlated to the same
   device.  If the application makes use of persistent identifiers for
   multiple installations of the same application for the same user,
   this even allows a passive observer to infer that different devices
   belong to the same user.

   The aforementioned broadcast messages from a synchronization
   mechanism of a popular application also included a persistent
   identifier in every broadcast.  This identifier never changed after
   the application was installed and it installed, which allowed to track for the tracking of a
   device even when it changed its network interface or when it
   connected to a different network.

   Persistent

   In general, persistent IDs are considered bad practice in general for broadcast
   and multicast communication, as persistent application layer application-layer IDs will
   make efforts on lower layers to randomize identifiers (e.g.
   [I-D.huitema-6man-random-addresses]) (e.g., [RANDOM-ADDR]) on lower
   layers useless.  When protocols that make use of broadcast/multicast
   need to make use of IDs, these IDs SHOULD be rotated frequently to
   make user tracking more difficult.

2.3.  Anticipate user behavior User Behavior

   A large number of users name their device after themselves, either
   using their first name, last name name, or both.  Often  Often, a host name
   includes the type, model model, or maker of a device, its function function, or it
   includes language specific
   language-specific information.  Based on data gathered during
   experiments performed at IETF meetings and at a large campus network,
   this appears currently to be the currently prevalent user behavior [TRAC2016].
   For protocols using the host name as part of the messages, this
   clearly will reveal personally identifiable information to everyone
   on the local network.  This information can also be used to mount
   more sophisticated attacks, e.g., when e.g. the owner of a device is
   identified (as an interesting target) or properties of the device are
   known (e.g. (e.g., known vulnerabilities).  Host names are also a type of
   persistent identifier and therefore identifier; therefore, the considerations in Section 2.2
   apply.

   Some of the most commonly used operating systems include the name the
   user chooses for the user account during the installation process as
   part of the host name of the device.  The name of the operating
   system can also be included, revealing therefore revealing two pieces of
   information, which
   information that can be regarded as private information if the host
   name is used in broadcast/multicast messages.

   Where possible, the use of host names and other user-provided
   information in protocols making use of broadcast/multicast SHOULD be
   avoided.  An application might want to display the information it
   will broadcast on the LAN at install/config time, so that the user is
   at least aware of the application's behavior.  More host name
   considerations can be found in [RFC8117].  More information on user
   participation can be found in [RFC6973].

2.4.  Consider potential correlation Potential Correlation

   A large number of services and applications make use of the
   broadcast/multicast mechanism.  That means there are various sources
   of information that are easily accessible by a passive observer.  In
   isolation, the information these protocols reveal might seem
   harmless, but given multiple such protocols, it might be possible to
   correlate this information.  E.g.  For example, a protocol that uses
   frequent messages including a UUID to identify the particular
   installation does not give away the identity of the user away.  But user.  However, a
   single message including the user's host name might just do that that, and it
   can be correlated using e.g. using, for example, the MAC address of the device's
   interface.

   In the experiments described in [TRAC2016], it was possible to
   correlate frequently sent broadcast messages that included a unique
   identifier with other broadcast/multicast messages containing
   usernames (e.g. mDNS, LLMNR LLMNR, or NetBIOS), but also NetBIOS); this revealed relationships to
   other
   among users.  This allowed to reveal the real identity of the users of many
   devices but to be revealed, and it also gave away some information about
   their social
   environment away. environment.

   A designer of a protocol that makes use of broadcast/multicast needs
   to be aware of the fact that even if - in isolation - the information a protocol leaks
   seems harmless, harmless in isolation, there might be ways to correlate that
   information with information from other protocols to reveal sensitive
   information about a user.

2.5.  Configurability

   A lot of applications and services relying on broadcast/multicast broadcast- or
   multicast-based protocols do not include the means to declare "safe"
   environments
   (e.g. (e.g., based on the SSID Service Set Identifier (SSID) of a WiFi
   Wi-Fi network and the MAC addresses of the access points).  E.g.  For
   example, a device connected to a public WiFi Wi-Fi network will likely
   broadcast the same information as when connected to the home network.
   It would be beneficial if certain behavior behaviors could be restricted to
   "safe" environments.

   A

   For example, a popular operating system e.g. allows the user to specify
   the trust level of the network the device connects to, which which, for example
   example, restricts specific system services (using broadcast/multicast broadcast/
   multicast messages for their normal operation) to be used in trusted
   networks only.  Such functionality could be implemented as part of an
   application.

   An application developer making use of broadcasts/multicasts broadcast/multicast messages
   as part of the application SHOULD SHOULD, if possible, make the broadcast feature, if possible,
   configurable,
   feature configurable so that potentially sensitive information does
   not leak on public networks, networks where the threat to privacy is much
   larger.

3.  Operational considerations Considerations

   Besides changing end-user behavior, choosing sensible defaults as an
   operating system vendor (e.g. (e.g., for suggesting host names) names), and
   following the considerations for protocol designers mentioned in this
   document, there is something that the network administrators/operators administrators/
   operators can do to limit the above mentioned above-mentioned problems.

   A feature commonly found on access points e.g. is the ability to manage/filter manage/
   filter broadcast and multicast traffic.  This will potentially break
   certain applications or some of their functionality but will also
   protect the users from potentially leaking sensitive information.
   Wireless access points often provide finer-grained control beyond a
   simple on/
   off on/off switch for well-known protocols or provide mechanisms
   to manage broadcast/multicast traffic intelligently using e.g. using, for
   example, proxies (see
   [I-D.ietf-mboned-ieee802-mcast-problems]).  These [MCAST-CONS]).  However, these mechanisms however only
   work on standardized protocols.

4.  Summary

   Increasingly, applications rely on protocols that send and receive
   broadcast and multicast messages.  For some, broadcasts/multicasts broadcast/multicast
   messages are the basis of their application logic, logic; others use broadcasts/
   multicasts
   broadcast/multicast messages to improve certain aspects of the
   application but are fully functional in case broadcasts/multicasts broadcast/multicast
   messages fail.  Irrespective of the role of broadcast and multicast
   messages for the application, the designers of protocols that make
   use of them should be very careful in their protocol design because
   of the special nature of broadcast and multicast.

   It is not always possible to implement certain functionality via
   unicast, but in case if a protocol designer chooses to rely on
   broadcast/multicast, broadcast/
   multicast, the following should be carefully considered:

   o  IETF-specified protocols, such as mDNS [RFC6762], SHOULD be used
      if possible as operational support might exist to protect against
      the leakage of private information.  Also, for some protocols protocols,
      privacy extensions are being specified, which specified; these can be used if
      implemented.  E.g.  For example, for DNS-SD DNS-SD, privacy extensions are
      documented in
      [I-D.ietf-dnssd-privacy] [DNSSD-PRIV].

   o  Using user-specified information inside broadcast/multicast
      messages SHOULD be avoided, as users will often use personal
      information or other information aiding that aids attackers, in
      particular if the user is unaware about how that information is
      being used used.

   o  The use of persistent IDs in messages SHOULD be avoided, as this
      allows user tracking, correlation tracking and correlation, and and it potentially has a
      devastating effect on other privacy protection mechanisms privacy-protection mechanisms.

   o  If one really must design a new protocol relying on broadcast/
      multicast broadcast/multicast
      and cannot use an IETF-specified protocol, then:

      *  the protocol SHOULD be very conservative in how frequently it
         sends messages as an effort in data minimization minimization,

      *  it SHOULD make use of mechanisms implemented in IETF-specified
         protocols that can be helpful in privacy protection protection, such as
         message suppression in mDNS mDNS,

      *  it SHOULD be designed in such a way that information sent in
         broadcast/multicast messages cannot be correlated with
         information from other protocols using broadcast/multicast broadcast/multicast, and

      *  it SHOULD be possible to let the user configure "safe"
         environments if possible (e.g. (e.g., based on the SSID) to minimize
         the risk of information leakage (e.g. (e.g., a home network as
         opposed to a public Wifi) Wi-Fi network).

5.  Other considerations Considerations

   Besides privacy implications, frequent broadcasting also represents a
   performance problem.  In particular particular, in certain wireless technologies
   such as 802.11, broadcast and multicast are transmitted at a much
   lower rate (the lowest common denominator rate) compared to unicast
   and therefore have a much bigger impact on the overall available
   airtime [I-D.ietf-mboned-ieee802-mcast-problems]. [MCAST-CONS].  Further, it will limit the ability for devices
   to go to sleep if frequent broadcasts are being sent.  A similar
   problem in respect to Router Advertisements is addressed in
   [I-D.ietf-v6ops-reducing-ra-energy-consumption].
   [RFC7772].  In that respect
   broadcasts/multicast respect, broadcast/multicast can be used for
   another class of attacks that is not related to privacy.  The
   potential impact on network performance should nevertheless be
   considered when designing a protocol that makes use of broadcast/multicast. broadcast/
   multicast.

6.  Acknowledgments

   We would like to thank Eliot Lear, Joe Touch and Stephane Bortzmeyer
   for their valuable input to this document.

   This work was partly supported by the European Commission under grant
   agreement FP7-318627 mPlane.  Support does not imply endorsement.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This memo includes document has no request to IANA.

8. IANA actions.

7.  Security Considerations

   This document deals with privacy-related considerations of for
   broadcast- and multicast-based protocols.  It contains advice for
   designers of such protocols to minimize the leakage of privacy-sensitive privacy-
   sensitive information.  The intent of the advice is to make sure that
   identities will remain anonymous and user tracking will be made
   difficult.

   It should be noted that

   To protect multicast traffic, certain applications could can make use of
   existing mechanisms to protect multicast traffic mechanisms, such as the ones defined in [RFC5374].  Examples
   of such applications can be found in Appendix A. A of [RFC5374].  Given
   However, given the required infrastructure and assumptions about these applications and the
   required security infrastructure, many applications will not be able
   to make use of such mechanisms.

9.

8.  References

9.1.

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.huitema-6man-random-addresses]
              Huitema, C., "Implications 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Randomized Link Layers
              Addresses for IPv6 Address Assignment", draft-huitema-
              6man-random-addresses-03 (work Uppercase vs Lowercase in progress), March 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-dnssd-privacy] RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [DNSSD-PRIV]
              Huitema, C. and D. Kaiser, "Privacy Extensions for DNS-
              SD", draft-ietf-dnssd-privacy-00 (work Work in progress),
              October 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-mboned-ieee802-mcast-problems] Progress, draft-ietf-dnssd-privacy-04, April
              2018.

   [MCAST-CONS]
              Perkins, C., McBride, M., Stanley, D., Kumari, W., and J.
              Zuniga, "Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless
              Media", draft-ietf-mboned-ieee802-mcast-problems-01 (work Work in progress), Progress, draft-ietf-mboned-ieee802-mcast-
              problems-01, February 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-v6ops-reducing-ra-energy-consumption]
              Yourtchenko, A. and L. Colitti, "Reducing energy
              consumption

   [RANDOM-ADDR]
              Huitema, C., "Implications of Router Advertisements", draft-ietf-v6ops-
              reducing-ra-energy-consumption-03 (work Randomized Link Layers
              Addresses for IPv6 Address Assignment", Work in progress),
              November 2015. Progress,
              draft-huitema-6man-random-addresses-03, March 2016.

   [RFC0919]  Mogul, J., "Broadcasting Internet Datagrams", STD 5,
              RFC 919, DOI 10.17487/RFC0919, October 1984,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc919>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc919>.

   [RFC1812]  Baker, F., Ed., "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers",
              RFC 1812, DOI 10.17487/RFC1812, June 1995,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1812>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1812>.

   [RFC2131]  Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol",
              RFC 2131, DOI 10.17487/RFC2131, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2131>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2131>.

   [RFC2644]  Senie, D., "Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts
              in Routers", BCP 34, RFC 2644, DOI 10.17487/RFC2644,
              August 1999, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2644>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2644>.

   [RFC3315]  Droms, R., Ed., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins,
              C., and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
              for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, DOI 10.17487/RFC3315, July
              2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3315>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3315>.

   [RFC3819]  Karn, P., Ed., Bormann, C., Fairhurst, G., Grossman, D.,
              Ludwig, R., Mahdavi, J., Montenegro, G., Touch, J., and L.
              Wood, "Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers", BCP 89,
              RFC 3819, DOI 10.17487/RFC3819, July 2004,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3819>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3819>.

   [RFC4291]  Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
              Architecture", RFC 4291, DOI 10.17487/RFC4291, February
              2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4291>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4291>.

   [RFC4795]  Aboba, B., Thaler, D., and L. Esibov, "Link-local
              Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)", RFC 4795,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4795, January 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4795>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4795>.

   [RFC4941]  Narten, T., Draves, R., and S. Krishnan, "Privacy
              Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in
              IPv6", RFC 4941, DOI 10.17487/RFC4941, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4941>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4941>.

   [RFC5374]  Weis, B., Gross, G., and D. Ignjatic, "Multicast
              Extensions to the Security Architecture for the Internet
              Protocol", RFC 5374, DOI 10.17487/RFC5374, November 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5374>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5374>.

   [RFC5771]  Cotton, M., Vegoda, L., and D. Meyer, "IANA Guidelines for
              IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments", BCP 51, RFC 5771,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5771, March 2010,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5771>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5771>.

   [RFC6762]  Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "Multicast DNS", RFC 6762,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6762, February 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6762>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6762>.

   [RFC6973]  Cooper, A., Tschofenig, H., Aboba, B., Peterson, J.,
              Morris, J., Hansen, M., and R. Smith, "Privacy
              Considerations for Internet Protocols", RFC 6973,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6973, July 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6973>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6973>.

   [RFC7721]  Cooper, A., Gont, F., and D. Thaler, "Security and Privacy
              Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms",
              RFC 7721, DOI 10.17487/RFC7721, March 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7721>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7721>.

   [RFC7772]  Yourtchenko, A. and L. Colitti, "Reducing Energy
              Consumption of Router Advertisements", BCP 202, RFC 7772,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7772, February 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7772>.

   [RFC7819]  Jiang, S., Krishnan, S., and T. Mrugalski, "Privacy
              Considerations for DHCP", RFC 7819, DOI 10.17487/RFC7819,
              April 2016, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7819>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7819>.

   [RFC8117]  Huitema, C., Thaler, D., and R. Winter, "Current Hostname
              Practice Considered Harmful", RFC 8117,
              DOI 10.17487/
              RFC8117, 10.17487/RFC8117, March 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/
              rfc8117>.
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8117>.

   [TRAC2016]
              Faath, M., Weisshaar, F., and R. Winter, "How Broadcast
              Data Reveals Your Identity and Social Graph", 7th Wireless
              Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
              (IWCMC), International Workshop on TRaffic Analysis and
              Characterization IEEE TRAC 2016, (TRAC), DOI 10.1109/IWCMC.2016.7577084,
              September 2016.

Acknowledgments

   We would like to thank Eliot Lear, Joe Touch, and Stephane Bortzmeyer
   for their valuable input to this document.

   This work was partly supported by the European Commission under grant
   agreement FP7-318627 mPlane.  Support does not imply endorsement.

Authors' Addresses

   Rolf Winter
   University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
   Augsburg
   DE
   Germany

   Email: rolf.winter@hs-augsburg.de

   Michael Faath
   Conntac GmbH
   Augsburg
   DE
   Germany

   Email: faath@conntac.net

   Fabian Weisshaar
   University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
   Augsburg
   DE
   Germany

   Email: fabian.weisshaar@hs-augsburg.de