Re: [MMUSIC] RE : I-D Action: draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps-04.txt

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Felmming,

If you are looking for something written, you can read the minutes in the Anaheim meeting (In http://tools.ietf.org/wg/mmusic/minutes?item=minutes77.html), you can read the following:

              To conclude the WG chair report, Jean-Francois clarified the
              status of draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-misc-cap-00<http://tools.ietf.org/html?repository=http://tools.ietf.org&draft=draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-misc-cap-00> (see the chair's
              slides #9).
              This Internet-Draft was mistakenly accepted as a WG document
              without confirmation on the list.

              After a brief recap of the I-D history and scope, several
              comments were made in support of continuing the work as part of
              a WG item as long as the scope does not overlap with ICE for
              IPv4-IPv6 connection address negotiations:
                - Roni Even indicated support for the work and noted that the
                  b parameter was part of the original SDP capability
                  negotiation framework.
                - John Elwell, Gonzalo Camarillo, Jonathan Lennox and Cullen
                  Jennings are in favor of the work item as long as its scope
                  is clarified to not overlap with ICE for IPv4-IPv6 address
                  negotiation.
                - Ingemar Johansson also expressed support for it
               There was strong support for continuing to define a capability
               parameter for b, i and some concerns with the ccap parameter.
               More discussions occurred at the end of the meeting when the
               document was presented, see notes below.

               Jean-Francois proposed the next steps:
                - the WG chairs will confirm the interest for a WG item to
                  define additional SDP cap neg parameters (b and i lines)
                - Pending AD approval, the WG item will be chartered
                - Simo V. will re-submit an updated Internet-Draft as an
                  individual submission
                - then the chairs will ask the list if the Working Group
                  supports making Simo's individual submission as the WG
                  draft.

The current discussion shows there is a confusion in the current text and it is worth to be clarified.

Cheers,

Med

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On 3/14/13 3:50 PM, Andrew Allen wrote:

I am not sure if anything is recorded in any minutes but we had an offline discussion to remove the roadblock on this with Jonathan to address his concern that this was a potential alternative to ICE and addressed this with the current text. This text and the reason behind it I think was pointed out on the list during Quebec or shortly after.

Can you find the message or recall who sent it ?

Also, the Quebec meeting was in July 2011. Tracing back we have:

a) The initial (?) individul versions of the draft (2008/2009):     http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-garcia-mmusic-sdp-misc-cap
b) Another individual take on the draft (August 2011+):         http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-garcia-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps
c) The intial WG version of the draft (March 2012+):             http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps

The "a)" version did indeed position the draft as an alternative to ICE, however all "b)" and "c)" versions changed this as per the previous discussion.

I'm still looking for anything written anywhere that suggests that the text in "b)" and "c)" does not represent consensus and/or that consensus is that the mechanism MUST always be prohibited from negotiating IP4/IP6 addresses (as opposed to just when ICE is not available).

Thanks

-- Flemming


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Subject: Re: AW: [MMUSIC] RE : I-D Action: draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps-04.txt

As to ccap not being an alternative to ICE we are all in agreement on that - the lack of port negotiation alone makes that clear (it simply doesn't work without that).

As to ccap being explicitly forbidden to express IP4 and/or IP6 addresses as alternatives, can somebody please point me to either meeting minutes or mailing list discussion to that effect ? The only thing I have found is the port discussion we had in Taipei, where we agreed not to add a port capability. From http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/82/minutes/mmusic.htm:
<quote>
Miscellaneous Capabilities Negotiation in SDP (Simo Veikkolainen, 10)
=====================================================================
draft-garcia-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps-00.txt<http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-garcia-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps-00.txt>
Simo presented his slides<http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/82/slides/mmusic-8.pptx>.
Simo explained the need to be able to indicate alternative port numbers, but PSTN media, port number doesn't make sense. The CS draft says use port number 9 (the discard port). We have to put something there because required by SDP syntax. If an RTP stream is offered, then a regular port number should be written instead. The problem arises when both CS and RTP streams are offered at the same time, one as an alternative of the other. Then, the port number makes sense for RTP but not for CS, but still, there is a single place to write the port number in the SDP, so, has to be shared by both alternative media streams.
Possible solutions:
1. Circuit-switched media uses the same port as RTP media even though the port is not really used
2. Extend capneg with a port number capability attribute, restricting its use to cases where ICE cannot be used.
3.  Select anything as a port number and say "do not care on reception".
Jonathan Lennox suggested saying that port numbers not equal 0 have to be ignored.
Hadriel Kaplan asked if middle boxes not supporting this stuff can be broken. The discussion is moved offline.
There are questions on how could be possible to indicate preference for one media stream above the alternative.
Miguel Garcia suggested using port 9 if it works. If not take anything not equal 0. Receiver has to ignore.
In general, there was pushback on the port negotiation approach. The authors should explore a solution along the third option: write the RTP port number in the "m=" line. If CS alternative is chosen, discard the port number on reception.
</quote>

Apart from that, the only thing I'm aware of is the 4 WG versions of this draft which have all said the same about IP4/IP6 and ICE, and again, that text was both WGLC'ed and reviewed by 2 volunteers without any concerns. Where does the alternate understanding come from ?

Thanks

-- Flemming



On 3/14/13 2:16 PM, Stach, Thomas wrote:
This is also my understanding
... although my initially proposed text does not reflect this correctly.

Regards
Thomas


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My understanding also was that we agreed that CCAP was not an alternative to ICE.


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Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] RE : I-D Action: draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps-04.txt


On Mar 14, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Flemming Andreasen wrote:

On 3/14/13 11:40 AM, [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]> wrote:
Re-,

What is important is the quality of produced documents. The content of the document is not frozen and unless I'm mistaken there is not IETF LC.

Correct.
What I understand from the text in the draft is: ccap is allowed to signal an IPv4@ and IPv6@ if ICE is not supported.

ccap is not prohibited from doing so in the absence of ICE, however as explained in the document
1) When the IETF Standard Track mechanism ICE is available, ccap MUST NOT signal an IPv4/IPV6 address alternative.
2) The draft does (intentionally) not provide a full solution for negotiating alternative IP-addresses since we have a Standards Track mechanism for doing so (ICE).

Hi, Fleming --

My understanding of the WG consensus -- and my interpretation of the text in the draft -- was stronger than this: ccap MUST NOT be used for the kinds of alternatives ICE can express, whether or not ICE is actually being used in a particular offer/answer.

If we're getting divergent interpretations of this document, we probably do need to update its text.

--
Jonathan Lennox
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