Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item

Alan Ford <alan.ford@gmail.com> Mon, 07 November 2016 06:22 UTC

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From: Alan Ford <alan.ford@gmail.com>
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To: Olivier.Bonaventure@uclouvain.be
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Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
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Hi Olivier,

> On 6 Nov 2016, at 21:06, Olivier Bonaventure <Olivier.Bonaventure@uclouvain.be> wrote:
> 
> The implicit mode was suggested by network operators. The MCP resides on the path between the CPE and the destination server. The main benefit of the implicit mode is that the MCP does not need to perform any address translation. Given all the complications with NAT, this is a huge benefit, in particular in IPv6 deployments. In IPv4 deployments, the CPE can use a single address and there is no need for a pool of IPv4 addresses on the MCP.
> 
> In implicit mode, the MCP needs to distinguish between an MP_CAPABLE generated by the endhost and an MP_CAPABLE added by the CPE.

Broad question - why?

If the answer is simply “to know when to terminate the MPTCP connection” (i.e. if the end host does it you want it to run all the way to destination, but if the CPE has done it you want to handle at the proxy), then thinking out loud here, could the desired behaviour not be achieved by deciding to proxy only based on the SYN/ACK (i.e. based on the far end’s capabilities) and otherwise be transparently adding MPTCP to everything? That way you get even greater MPTCP coverage whilst not interfering with destinations which have already deployed it.

Regards,
Alan