Good suggestion, Tom. Thanks.
Cheers, Med > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Tom Herbert [mailto:t...@herbertland.com] > Envoyé : jeudi 20 juillet 2017 17:39 > À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN > Cc : Joe Touch; Olivier Bonaventure; Internet Area; tsv-area@ietf.org > Objet : Re: [Int-area] Middleboxes to aid the deployment of MPTCP > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 8:26 AM, <mohamed.boucad...@orange.com> wrote: > > Re-, > > > > Please see inline. > > > > Cheers, > > Med > > > >> -----Message d'origine----- > >> De : Joe Touch [mailto:to...@isi.edu] > >> Envoyé : jeudi 20 juillet 2017 16:37 > >> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN; Olivier Bonaventure; Internet Area; tsv- > >> a...@ietf.org > >> Objet : Re: [Int-area] Middleboxes to aid the deployment of MPTCP > >> > >> > >> > >> On 7/19/2017 10:39 PM, mohamed.boucad...@orange.com wrote: > >> > Hi Joe, > >> > > >> > The text can always be worked out. This is not an IETF LC :) > >> Agreed - I was explaining that the current text - and many of the > >> responses in this chain, both from you and others, continues to be > >> confusing. > >> > > [Med] Calling out those confusing points would help. > > > >> > The main point is that we are following your suggestion to define the > >> solution as an application proxy using a dedicated port number. > >> As feedback for the doc, that could be made more explicit, including in > >> the title (this is an application proxy, not typically referred to as > >> middleboxes). > >> > > > > [Med] Looks like a good idea to me. > > > That use of the term middleboxes as opposed to proxy was also > confusing to me. I'd also suggest not to call this a netwotk function, > that has other connotations that don't apply here. > > Tom > > >> That also includes limiting the doc to using TCP app-layer APIs and > >> describing any behavior that *might* happen at the segment level as > just > >> that - hypothetical, perhaps desired, but NOT the mechanism being > >> proposed. > >> > >> FWIW. > >> > >> Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Int-area mailing list > > int-a...@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
