RE: [Dime] Review of draft-tsou-dime-base-routing-ext-03.txt

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Glen,

> > I am not sure why there is a requirement for subsequent session 
> > oriented message to traverse the same intermediary hops which the 
> > initial message has traversed.
> 
> What if some of the intermediates are stateful and e.g.
> collect charging data by tracking the user session?
> 
> [gwz]
> I must admit that I cannot think of a single (real-life) 
> scenario where this kind of thing would be desirable (let 
> alone required).  Would you mind describing one in detail?
> [/gwz]

References to literature were given earlier in this thread ;)

Anyway, assume two providers connected via "roaming infrastructure
cloud" that cannot guarantee same AAA routes deterministically. The
visited provider has outsourced its AAA based roaming charging to
third party proxies within the "cloud" (each provider may have their
own "third party"). 

/Jouni

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