Re: [dispatch] I-D Action: draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket-03.txt

[Peter Dunkley <[e-mail]>]

Hello,

Perhaps the document title should be corrected. MSRP-CEMA is outside of the
scope of this document as this document is intended to describe connecting
to a WebSocket server that is an MSRP relay.

I can see no reason why MSRP-CEMA can't be used over WebSockets, but if
anyone has an interest in this I think that they should put it in a
document of its own.


Regards,

Peter


On 18 January 2014 08:52, Christer Holmberg
<[e-mail]>wrote:

>  Hi,
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> I have not followed the work on this draft, so I appologize if the
> following has been discussed.
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> While I do understand that a WS Client has to establish the WebSocket with
> the Web Server, I don’t understand why we need to mandate the WS Server to
> be an MSRP Relay. That would e.g. prevent the usage of MSRP-CEMA.
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> Regards,
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> Christer
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> *Lähettäjä:* dispatch [mailto:[e-mail]] *Puolesta *Mary
> Barnes
> *Lähetetty:* 11. tammikuuta 2014 0:59
> *Vastaanottaja:* DISPATCH
> *Kopio:* Ben Campbell; [e-mail]
> *Aihe:* Re: [dispatch] I-D Action: draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket-03.txt
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> I have agreed to shepherd this document.  I've reviewed the document in
> anticipation of doing the PROTO write-up and have the following comments
> and questions.  Ben Campbell has agreed to do the required expert review
> and that should be posted within the next week or so.    This is also a
> good time for anyone in the WG that hasn't previously reviewed this
> document to review and provide any final comments.  Note, that this
> document was agreed to be AD sponsored around the IETF-86 timeframe.
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> Regards,
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> Mary.
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> Review Summary: Almost ready. Comments & questions below.
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> 1)  Section 2 & General.  I'm not sure the documented approach for
> separating normative text from non-normative is quite so helpful.  In
> general, we expect that in the case of standards track document use RFC
> 2119 language to indicate normative behaviors.  I think the first sentence
> is good, but that's not a terminology thing.   I just don't see a lot of
> value in writing the document this way.  For example, the definitions
> aren't stated to be non-normative, but I don't see anything normative about
> the definitions.  I think you could easily title Section 3 as "WebSocket
> Protocol overview" and that would clearly imply non-normative behavior.
>  There are also several places in the document in sections that I believe
> are intended to provide normative behavior, but there is certainly
> non-normative text in those sections (e.g., section 5.2.2, second
> paragraph).  I would suggest this document follow the typical (and
> accepted) style of identifying normative behavior with 2119 language
> (consistently using upper case for normative behavior and avoiding using
> 2119 language in cases where alternative words can be substituted).
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> 2) Section 5.2.2, 2nd paragraph.  Related to my point above, it's not
> clear to me this is normative behavior.  I don't think it is since it's
> referring to existing 4975 behavior. However, I didn't see that the
> reference given in 4975 relates to the second part of that sentence stating
> that implementations "should" already be allowing unrecognized transports.
>  It would be quite useful to have the exact reference here as I was trying
> to double check this point and I couldn't find it.
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> 3) Section 6.  I'm really puzzled as to why the Connection Keep-alive
> would be non-normative.  In particular given that 2119 language is clearly
> being used.
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> 4) Section 7.  Again, I'm puzzled as to why Authentication is considered
> non-normative. AGain, you have 2119 language in this section.
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> 5) Section 10.1. Since securing the connection is just RECOMMENDED, what
> are the implications and risks if the MSRP traffic isn't transported over a
> secure connection?
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> 6) Section 11.  You should change the name of the registry to be the exact
> name of the IANA registry to avoid any confusion.- i.e.,:
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> OLD:
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>   registry of WebSocket sub-protocols
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> NEW:
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>   WebSocket Subprotocol Name Registry
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> 7) Section 11. There is also a Reference field in that IANA registry. I
> would suggest you use the same information as the pointer to the
> Subprotocol Definition (i.e., this RFC).
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> 8) It's typical for documents that are updating existing RFCs to have a
> section that summarizes the updates to the existing RFCs that are made by
> this document.
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> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 6:57 PM, <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories.
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>         Title           : The WebSocket Protocol as a Transport for the
> Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP)
>         Author(s)       : Peter Dunkley
>                           Gavin Llewellyn
>                           Victor Pascual
>                           Anton Roman
>                           Gonzalo Salgueiro
>         Filename        : draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket-03.txt
>         Pages           : 21
>         Date            : 2013-12-12
>
> Abstract:
>    The WebSocket protocol enables two-way real-time communication
>    between clients and servers.  This document specifies a new WebSocket
>    sub-protocol as a reliable transport mechanism between MSRP (Message
>    Session Relay Protocol) clients and relays to enable usage of MSRP in
>    new scenarios.  This document normatively updates RFC 4975 and RFC
>    4976.
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> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket
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> There's also a htmlized version available at:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket-03
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> A diff from the previous version is available at:
> http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket-03
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> submission
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Peter Dunkley
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