Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item

"Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE)" <wim.henderickx@nokia.com> Thu, 20 October 2016 04:01 UTC

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From: "Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE)" <wim.henderickx@nokia.com>
To: Alan Ford <alan.ford@gmail.com>, "mohamed.boucadair@orange.com" <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
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Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
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Alan, one thing that came to mind to support long TCP option for plain-mode/TFO something might be required in the base draft.
For Ipv6 we need more space and if we design it well we can use it for TCP-AO, etc etc

Besides this we are good afais 

On 19/10/2016, 17:17, "Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE)" <wim.henderickx@nokia.com> wrote:

    I don’t expect changes to the base spec. AT least not with the current view of the solution/implementations.
    
    On 19/10/2016, 11:45, "multipathtcp on behalf of Alan Ford" <multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of alan.ford@gmail.com> wrote:
    
        Do you guys expect any impact on the base protocol from this work?
        
        Regards,
        Alan
        
        > On 19 Oct 2016, at 06:28, mohamed.boucadair@orange.com wrote:
        > 
        > Hi Mirja, 
        > 
        > I'm for these two cases to be included:
        > * Case 1 is the mandatory piece to have.
        > * Case 2 solves the problem for no TCP traffic while leveraging on the same extensions that are used for case 1.  
        > 
        > I do fully agree that case 2 requires inter-area/WG coordination. 
        > 
        > Cheers,
        > Med
        > 
        >> -----Message d'origine-----
        >> De : Mirja Kühlewind [mailto:mirja.kuehlewind@tik.ee.ethz.ch]
        >> Envoyé : mardi 18 octobre 2016 17:46
        >> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN
        >> Cc : Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE); philip.eardley@bt.com;
        >> multipathtcp@ietf.org
        >> Objet : Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
        >> 
        >> Hi Med, hi all,
        >> 
        >> there are two cases to distinguish here:
        >> 
        >> 1) you have one or two MPTCP proxies that terminate the TCP connection and
        >> open a new MPTCP connection
        >> 
        >> 2) you tunnel other traffic over MPTCP
        >> 
        >> Case two is using TCP as a tunneling mechanism. This is discussed in
        >> several working groups for different purposes and is not very straight-
        >> forward in a lot of cases. Such an approach definitely needs coordination
        >> and transport as well as tunnel expertise.
        >> 
        >> Which case are you talking about? While Phil’s proposal sounded rather
        >> like case 1, your proposal sounds very much like case 2.
        >> 
        >> Mirja
        >> 
        >> 
        >>> Am 18.10.2016 um 07:52 schrieb mohamed.boucadair@orange.com:
        >>> 
        >>> Hi Wim,
        >>> 
        >>> Yes, this can be main stream.
        >>> 
        >>> Cheers,
        >>> Med
        >>> 
        >>> De : Henderickx, Wim (Nokia - BE) [mailto:wim.henderickx@nokia.com]
        >>> Envoyé : lundi 17 octobre 2016 23:22
        >>> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN; philip.eardley@bt.com;
        >> multipathtcp@ietf.org
        >>> Objet : Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
        >>> 
        >>> Sorry for the late reply, but more in-line
        >>> 
        >>> From: multipathtcp <multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of
        >> "mohamed. boucadair" <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
        >>> Date: Friday, 7 October 2016 at 09:08
        >>> To: "philip.eardley@bt.com" <philip.eardley@bt.com>,
        >> "multipathtcp@ietf.org" <multipathtcp@ietf.org>
        >>> Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
        >>> 
        >>> Hi Phil,
        >>> 
        >>> Please see inline.
        >>> 
        >>> Cheers,
        >>> Med
        >>> 
        >>> De : multipathtcp [mailto:multipathtcp-bounces@ietf.org] De la part de
        >> philip.eardley@bt.com
        >>> Envoyé : lundi 8 août 2016 11:50
        >>> À : multipathtcp@ietf.org
        >>> Objet : [multipathtcp] potential MPTCP proxy charter item
        >>> 
        >>> I had thought a potential charter item could be something on the lines
        >> of:
        >>> <Experimental Extensions to the MPTCP protocol to enable an MPTCP-aware
        >> middlebox to act as an MPTCP proxy for an end host, which runs TCP. One or
        >> both end hosts may be MPTCP-unaware, and the MPTCP proxy(s) is (are) not
        >> necessarily on the default routing path(s). The working group will also
        >> detail, in an Informational document, the use cases /deployment scenarios
        >> and the operational considerations.>
        >>> 
        >>> [Med] I would like to see the charter includes the following; “The
        >> working group will also edit Network-Assisted Multipath provisioning
        >> documents. In particular, the WG will specify DHCP options and RADIUS
        >> attributes for MPTCP.”
        >>> 
        >>> 
        >>> WH> I am fine with this, but why do we state experimental extensions?
        >> Why is this not main stream?
        >>> However, if I get the discussion right, this is not quite right.
        >>> * assume a controlled environment (to avoid a problem where the message
        >> reaches the ‘wrong’ proxy) (IETF usually prefers generally applicable
        >> protocols)
        >>> * assume some (?additional) ‘header swapping’ protocol and a new
        >> signalling protocol (not an mptcp extension – so probably in INTAREA WG’s
        >> remit)
        >>> [Med] IMHO, it is not odd to document in the mptcp wg how a Network-
        >> Assisted MPTCP solution can also be applicable to other protocols (UDP in
        >> particular). This work can be done jointly/closely with other WGs. The
        >> important point is whether there is enough interest from the mptpcp WG
        >> members to work on this.
        >>> WH> indeed is to specify the means in MPTCP WG and other WG can be
        >> consulted to review the work. If you split it out it becomes less
        >> efficient from a protocol perspective.
        >>> If the above is roughly right, then I think some extra work is needed
        >> before we can get a clear charter item. Can some of the work that isn’t
        >> mptcp extensions be cleanly separated out? Can you be clear what
        >> deployment assumptions are being made (and preferably reduce them, so
        >> there is wider applicability). Personally I’d also find it very helpful if
        >> the plain/transparent ‘merged’ draft could try and follow the guidance
        >> about protocol models in RFC4101 (personally I found the plain mode doc
        >> difficult to understand).
        >>> 
        >>> Thanks
        >>> phil
        >>> 
        >>> 
        >>> 
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