Re: [core] WG Last Call on draft-ietf-core-new-block (No-Response)

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Hi Christian,

We have gone with adding to Section 1.1

" The No-Response Option was considered but was abandoned as it does not
apply to Q-Block2 responses. A unified solution is defined in the document."

Regards

Jon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian M. Amsüss [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: 16 February 2021 23:54
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> Subject: Re: [core] WG Last Call on draft-ietf-core-new-block
(No-Response)
> 
> Hello Med,
> 
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 08:09:40AM +0000, [e-mail]
> wrote:
> > As a follow-up on this issue, we finally went with an approach that
> > does not require No-Response. We do have the following to avoid extra
> > delays, e.g.,
> 
> The need to indicate when a client wants confirmation has been avoided by
> having timeouts on both sides, and relying more on MAX_PAYLOADS being
> aligned.
> 
> For my taste, that makes unnecessary sacrifices in robustness over the
simple
> two-byte NoResponse:0 that'd go with every MAX_PAYLOADS'th
> Q-Block2 from the client (and would completey avoid the risk of stalling
in a
> lossless situation).
> 
> (For the other direction, corective heuristics can easily be applied).
> 
> But given they are explicitly configured in the DOTS case where Q-Block is
used,
> so -- well. Food for a block-bis (or generalized additions that allow
block to be
> used that way).
> 
> 
> That aside, in the interest of readers who try to understand the ecosystem
and
> the trade-offs involved, I think that at least a reference to it in a
statement like
> "was not chosen because of X" would be helpful. The "Note that similar
> performance benefits" section would lend itself to that. Text suggestion:
> 
>   [messages are provided in Appendix A.] Similarly, The No-Response option
>   can be applied to Block1 requests, but offers no corresponding facility
>   for Block2 responses.
> 
> BR
> c
> 
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