Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item

"Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE)" <wim.henderickx@nokia.com> Wed, 19 October 2016 15:17 UTC

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From: "Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE)" <wim.henderickx@nokia.com>
To: Alan Ford <alan.ford@gmail.com>, "mohamed.boucadair@orange.com" <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
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Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
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I don’t expect changes to the base spec. AT least not with the current view of the solution/implementations.

On 19/10/2016, 11:45, "multipathtcp on behalf of Alan Ford" <multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of alan.ford@gmail.com> wrote:

    Do you guys expect any impact on the base protocol from this work?
    
    Regards,
    Alan
    
    > On 19 Oct 2016, at 06:28, mohamed.boucadair@orange.com wrote:
    > 
    > Hi Mirja, 
    > 
    > I'm for these two cases to be included:
    > * Case 1 is the mandatory piece to have.
    > * Case 2 solves the problem for no TCP traffic while leveraging on the same extensions that are used for case 1.  
    > 
    > I do fully agree that case 2 requires inter-area/WG coordination. 
    > 
    > Cheers,
    > Med
    > 
    >> -----Message d'origine-----
    >> De : Mirja Kühlewind [mailto:mirja.kuehlewind@tik.ee.ethz.ch]
    >> Envoyé : mardi 18 octobre 2016 17:46
    >> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN
    >> Cc : Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE); philip.eardley@bt.com;
    >> multipathtcp@ietf.org
    >> Objet : Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
    >> 
    >> Hi Med, hi all,
    >> 
    >> there are two cases to distinguish here:
    >> 
    >> 1) you have one or two MPTCP proxies that terminate the TCP connection and
    >> open a new MPTCP connection
    >> 
    >> 2) you tunnel other traffic over MPTCP
    >> 
    >> Case two is using TCP as a tunneling mechanism. This is discussed in
    >> several working groups for different purposes and is not very straight-
    >> forward in a lot of cases. Such an approach definitely needs coordination
    >> and transport as well as tunnel expertise.
    >> 
    >> Which case are you talking about? While Phil’s proposal sounded rather
    >> like case 1, your proposal sounds very much like case 2.
    >> 
    >> Mirja
    >> 
    >> 
    >>> Am 18.10.2016 um 07:52 schrieb mohamed.boucadair@orange.com:
    >>> 
    >>> Hi Wim,
    >>> 
    >>> Yes, this can be main stream.
    >>> 
    >>> Cheers,
    >>> Med
    >>> 
    >>> De : Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE) [mailto:wim.henderickx@nokia.com]
    >>> Envoyé : lundi 17 octobre 2016 23:22
    >>> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN; philip.eardley@bt.com;
    >> multipathtcp@ietf.org
    >>> Objet : Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
    >>> 
    >>> Sorry for the late reply, but more in-line
    >>> 
    >>> From: multipathtcp <multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of
    >> "mohamed. boucadair" <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
    >>> Date: Friday, 7 October 2016 at 09:08
    >>> To: "philip.eardley@bt.com" <philip.eardley@bt.com>,
    >> "multipathtcp@ietf.org" <multipathtcp@ietf.org>
    >>> Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
    >>> 
    >>> Hi Phil,
    >>> 
    >>> Please see inline.
    >>> 
    >>> Cheers,
    >>> Med
    >>> 
    >>> De : multipathtcp [mailto:multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org] De la part de
    >> philip.eardley@bt.com
    >>> Envoyé : lundi 8 août 2016 11:50
    >>> À : multipathtcp@ietf.org
    >>> Objet : [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
    >>> 
    >>> I had thought a potential charter item could be something on the lines
    >> of:
    >>> <Experimental Extensions to the MPTCP protocol to enable an MPTCP-aware
    >> middlebox to act as an MPTCP proxy for an end host, which runs TCP. One or
    >> both end hosts may be MPTCP-unaware, and the MPTCP proxy(s) is (are) not
    >> necessarily on the default routing path(s). The working group will also
    >> detail, in an Informational document, the use cases /deployment scenarios
    >> and the operational considerations.>
    >>> 
    >>> [Med] I would like to see the charter includes the following; “The
    >> working group will also edit Network-Assisted Multipath provisioning
    >> documents. In particular, the WG will specify DHCP options and RADIUS
    >> attributes for MPTCP.”
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> WH> I am fine with this, but why do we state experimental extensions?
    >> Why is this not main stream?
    >>> However, if I get the discussion right, this is not quite right.
    >>> * assume a controlled environment (to avoid a problem where the message
    >> reaches the ‘wrong’ proxy) (IETF usually prefers generally applicable
    >> protocols)
    >>> * assume some (?additional) ‘header swapping’ protocol and a new
    >> signalling protocol (not an mptcp extension – so probably in INTAREA WG’s
    >> remit)
    >>> [Med] IMHO, it is not odd to document in the mptcp wg how a Network-
    >> Assisted MPTCP solution can also be applicable to other protocols (UDP in
    >> particular). This work can be done jointly/closely with other WGs. The
    >> important point is whether there is enough interest from the mptpcp WG
    >> members to work on this.
    >>> WH> indeed is to specify the means in MPTCP WG and other WG can be
    >> consulted to review the work. If you split it out it becomes less
    >> efficient from a protocol perspective.
    >>> If the above is roughly right, then I think some extra work is needed
    >> before we can get a clear charter item. Can some of the work that isn’t
    >> mptcp extensions be cleanly separated out? Can you be clear what
    >> deployment assumptions are being made (and preferably reduce them, so
    >> there is wider applicability). Personally I’d also find it very helpful if
    >> the plain/transparent ‘merged’ draft could try and follow the guidance
    >> about protocol models in RFC4101 (personally I found the plain mode doc
    >> difficult to understand).
    >>> 
    >>> Thanks
    >>> phil
    >>> 
    >>> 
    >>> 
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