Re: [Openv6] Feedback on APONF BOF request

Spencer, 

Thank you very much for the feedback. 
My comments to the IESG feedback are inserted below:

-----Original Message-----
From: Openv6 [mailto:openv6-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Spencer Dawkins

- First and most important, we had the sense that something like APONF has been done in the past - specifically, NSIS. So the technical feasibility isn't in question. NSIS was completed, including interoperability testing at IETF meetings, so we know it's possible to do something like this.

[Linda] Some of the deliverables by AEON is truly covered by NSIS charter, (e.g. "middle box traversal protocol" by NSIS is what AEON try to do). But APONF is quite different. I have to say that we need a better and more accurate name than "APONF" to describe the initiative of APONF. 

- NSIS didn't get deployed after it was completed, because most application developers weren't interested in providing information to the network ("best effort was good enough"). The concern was that if only a small percentage of applications provide this information, it will cost more for carriers to deploy it (and modify back office systems to bill for it) than carriers can make selling the service. It would be good to explain why the situation is different in 2014 (and it may be different).

[Linda] The interface addressed by APONF will be very useful by IoT, sensor network, network services that using virtualized network functions to offer flexible services. Again, I agree, the use cases need to be more focused. 

- Most people speaking on the call thought it would be more likely that network management applications would provide information to the network, so you might consider limiting the scope of the proposal to network management applications, rather than including end user applications as the proposal does now.

[Linda] It might not be NMS, but maybe some controllers. Application to Network (controller) interface is much more realistic than Application to network elements interface. 

- Erik Nordmark asked where the trust boundaries were (is this entirely within an administrative domain, or interdomain? Does the network trust the application? Is the application controlling what the network does, or providing hints that the network would take into account, along with other inputs?). That would be helpful to explain in a bit more detail.
[Linda] absolutely. The security will be a big part of this initiative. 

Linda

_______________________________________________
Openv6 mailing list
Openv6@ietf.org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/openv6