[multipathtcp] MPTCP Proxy Current Best Practices

"Sargent, Matthew T. (GRC-LCA0)[Peerless Technologies]" <matthew.t.sargent@nasa.gov> Thu, 02 June 2016 19:35 UTC

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From: "Sargent, Matthew T. (GRC-LCA0)[Peerless Technologies]" <matthew.t.sargent@nasa.gov>
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Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone on the list has experience deploying an MPTCP
proxy and would be willing to discuss the current best practices/proxy
deployment options? I have been looking through the mptcp-dev and
multipathtcp mailing lists at discussions revolving around MPTCP proxies
and it seems like the two general strategies seem to be setting up a SOCKS
proxy or using the mptcp-proxy code released by Bell Labs
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/multipathtcp/current/msg01934.html.

Are there other options or more up-to-date code to use? The Bell Labs code
is several years old, and I was unsure if using the code is still a viable
option at this point or not. Is a SOCKS proxy the go to option? If so, how
does an MPTCP capable SOCKS proxy setup differ from setting up a regular
TCP SOCKS proxy?

Best,
Matt