[Apn] Goals of near term APN work

Joel Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com> Fri, 20 January 2023 19:26 UTC

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Subject: [Apn] Goals of near term APN work
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I have re-read the email discussions and the most recent draft of the 
charter.

I am quite confused by the charter.  Aw far as I can tell, it assumes 
that we need a new IP header field, that the field will carry a range of 
information that will help a range of network behaviors, and that we do 
not have the ability to address these needs currently.  It then says 
that the WG will develop a framework for such a field.

Is developing and defining a new (variable length?) header field to 
address some ill-defined broad range of needs really the goal?

Yours,

Joel

[Apn] Goals of near term APN work Joel Halpern