Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Mon, 07 November 2016 16:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
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More specifically - see section 4.2.2.5 of rfc1122.

Joe

> On Nov 7, 2016, at 8:07 AM, Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> wrote:
> 
> Oh - a quick followup.
> 
> If you have an option that "poisons" the connection if not confirmed (as
> would using long EDO inside the SYN), then you have to retry without
> that option. That is *possible*, but there's another problem.
> 
> RFC793 defines options as optional. Making any option mandatory would
> require updating RFC793. That sort of change is exactly why long EDO
> (actually extending the option space, rather than declaring the
> capability) is currently prohibited in EDO.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
>> On 11/7/2016 7:56 AM, Joe Touch wrote:
>> 
>>> On 11/7/2016 7:42 AM, Mirja Kühlewind wrote:
>>> Do you mean the MCP forwards the original SYN (and basically does nothing if the server supports MPTCP) or does the MCP terminate the TCP connection and start a new TCP connection with MP_CAPABLE towards the server?
>>> 
>>> Mirja
>> If you're OK with needing to terminate a failed option exchange, then it
>> might be possible to use EDO in the SYN in its current form.
>> 
>> TCPM decided to prohibit that in the general case, but I could ask them
>> to allow that in very limited environments (but it could NEVER be
>> default on).
>> 
>> Note - the use cases I'm hearing appear to assume very strong knowledge
>> about the other end of the connection and the path. In that case, you
>> probably can skip most - if not all - of the 'negotiation' options and
>> just start using them during the SYN too. However, if you say "no, we
>> need to confirm", then you would not be able to use EDO inside the SYN.
>> 
>> Joe