Re: [multipathtcp] Two proxy scenario (network proxy off path) - far end connection initiation?

[Olivier Bonaventure <[e-mail]>]

On 30/03/17 17:03, [e-mail] wrote:
> If I get it right, the assumption here is that for a TCP connection initiated from the remote end point , the remote network proxy is on path.  (in the other direction we're assuming the remote proxy is off path, so seems a bit odd?)

This is related to the fact that if the downstream MCP operates in 
explicit mode, then it performs NAT. Typically, the MCP has a block of 
public IP addresses that it uses for the clients that it serves. All 
external packets destined to any of these addresses are routed to the MCP.

> I think there's also the assumption that the local endpoint (in the home) has previously made a connection out which has instantiated state in the remote proxy. So in this scenario, when the TCP SYN from the remote end point hits the remote proxy, then the remote proxy knows which home gateway the other end is on. Or something like that - to be honest, I couldn't understand the slide /section of the draft.

There is an assumption that either there is a one-to-one mapping between 
the client addresses and the public addresses used by the MCP or the 
client has configured some port mapping rules, e.g. with PCP on the dMCP 
and the uMCP


Olivier