Re: [multipathtcp] draft-boucadair-mptcp-plain-mode-07

Hi,

You probably already mention it, but another way is to run MPTCP on top of IP tunnels between CPE and concentrator (I'm not advocating for tunnels, just pointing alternative :-)). 

Pierrick

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : multipathtcp [mailto:multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org] De la part de Olivier
> Bonaventure
> Envoyé : vendredi 27 mai 2016 09:38
> À : Yoshifumi Nishida
> Cc : MultiPath WG; draft-boucadair-mptcp-plain-mode@ietf.org
> Objet : Re: [multipathtcp] draft-boucadair-mptcp-plain-mode-07
> 
> Yoshifumi,
> 
> >
> >
> >     Since the mapping is between a TCP connection (UDP flow) and an
> >     MPTCP connection, it applies for all the subflows of the MPTCP
> >     connection automatically. I'm not in favor of changing the mapping
> >     during the lifetime of an MPTCP connection, it leads to
> >     implementation complexity that are not worth the effort given that
> >     we can establish another MPTCP connection bound to another flow.
> >
> >
> > I see. Sorry. I might be confused by the name of Concentrator..
> >
> > Then, my another question is if we can do the same thing with
> > application level.
> > I am wondering if we can write an application gateway for CPE and
> > Concentrator to send mapping information just like PM option, (and do
> > some segmentation tasks as well) so that we can mitigate middlebox
> > interventions.
> 
> The closest solution in the application level is SOCKS. This is what KT is doing in
> Korea and what OVH is deploying for their OverTheBox solution. Both do this on
> top of MPTCP.
> 
> 
> Olivier
> 
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