Re: [EME] EME charter

Joe Touch wrote:
> 
> Tilman Wolf wrote:
> ...
>> The EME charter can be found at
>> http://irtf.org/charter?gtype=rg&group=eme . The goal of our research
>> group is to explore issues related to "middleboxes," i.e., devices that
>> are placed inside the network along the end-to-end communication path.
>> Our next immediate milestones are to develop an applicability statement
>> followed by a design choices document.
> 
> Some feedback on the charter. It talks about middleboxes that endpoints
> don't know about, as if the endpoint is the problem.
> 
> Problem-causing middleboxes don't *want* to be found; they want to be
> "transparent".
> 
> Resolving - or prohibiting - that transparency should be included and
> addressed.
> 
> Joe

I agree with the argument that "transparency" is problematic.
By the way, if they are not transparent, why should we call
them as "middleboxes" ? Aren't they just end-points? It seems
to be necessary to differentiate middleboxes that are well
identified and explicitly exploited by end-points and that
are trying to be transparent.

Regards

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