Re: [Dime] Private-Info AVP

[Tom Taylor <[e-mail]>]

Somewhere back in this correspondence the use of the Class AVP for this purpose 
was noted. I know that we used it to preserve state in the IETF Rs application, 
running in stateless mode. Does it not serve your needs too?

David Lehmann wrote:
> I was using the general term "agent" because it doesn't matter which
> type it is, from the RFC's point of view.  The Private-Info is just an
> extension of the Proxy-Info.  For the same reason that the Proxy-Info
> exists, the Private-Info AVP has the same desired purpose:  "It contains
> state information that would otherwise be stored at the Diameter entity
> that created it.  As such, this AVP MUST be treated as opaque data by
> entities other Diameter entities."  The RFC (section 6.1.9) states that
> the Proxy-Info can be use by a Proxy or Relay agent.  So it really does
> matter which type of agent uses the AVP nor does it matter for which
> purpose.  Who knows all of the clever ways an agent uses the Proxy-Info?
> The RFC does not provide the specific purposes of the Proxy-Info, and
> rightly so.  Nor does the RFC need to spell out the purposes of the
> Private-Info AVP.   It is simply a tool to aid agents.
> 
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> David Lehmann
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