Re: [Anima] two EST question/suggestions

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 12 September 2017 20:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Anima] two EST question/suggestions
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On 13/09/2017 02:33, Eliot Lear wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> I agree a statement that HTTP2 etc is ok so long as it doesn’t change the possible client state machine…  ?
> 
> You need an MTI, and it should be the easiest and most compact thing to
> implement.  While CoAP would be optimal, HTTP/1.1 is more than
> sufficient, and the features in 2 in this case are not only unnecessary,
> but undesirable overhead.

I am a bit bothered by the assumption that all devices of interest can be assumed
to include X, for whatever value of X we deem to be MTI. Or are you only
intending MTI to apply at the server end?

It seems to me that we want to minimise the requirements for low end pledge
devices, and every item that we make mandatory works against that.

     Brian