Re: [bmwg] resending: Re: [iotdir] telechat Review for draft-ietf-bmwg-ngfw-performance-13

[t petch <[e-mail]>]

On 30/01/2022 12:21, Toerless Eckert wrote:
> [resending, because [e-mail] is set up to not accept emails longer than 60kb,
>   a first for me (have not seen this in other IETF WGs. So this time around i will
>   try to add the review as an attachment.]

I have and think that it is an excellent idea, especially when it stops 
me getting .pdf of close to 1Mbyte and html which includes the MSO 
styleshift!

Tom Petch

> Reviewer: toerless eckert
> Review result: On the right track
>
> Summary:
> Thanks a lot for this work. Its an immensibley complex and important problem to
> tackle. I have in my time only measured router traffic performance and that already was an
> infinite matrix. This looks to me like some order of infinite bigger a problem.
>
> Meaning: however questioning my reviews feedback may be wrt. nitpicking about the document,
> i think that the document in its existing form is already a great advancement to measure
> performance for these security devices, and in doubt should be progressed rather faster than
> slower especially because in my (limited) market understanding, many security device vendors will
> only provide actual feedback once it is an RFC (community i think overall more conservative in
> adopting IETF work, most not proactively engaging during draft stage).
>
> But of course: feel free to improve the document with any of the feedback/suggestions
> in my review that you feel are useful.
>
> Maybe high level, i would suggest most importantly to add more explanations, especially in
> an appropriate section about those aspects known NOT to be considered (but potentially
> important) so that the applicability of the tests that are described are better put into
> perspective by adopters of the draft to their real-world situations.
>
> Favorite pet topic: Add req. to measure the DUT through a power meter and report consumption
> so we can start making sure products with lower power consumptions will see sales benefits
> when reporting numbers from this document (see details inline).
>
> Formal:
> I choose to keep the whole document inline to make it easier for readers to vet
> my comments without having to open in parallel a copy of the whole document.
>
> Rest see attachment
>
> Thanks!
>      Toerless
>
>
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