Re: [p2pi] [tana] [tsv-area] TANA proposed charter

Hi,

the goal for TANA and ALTO was to identify some subsets of the overall  
problem space that are sufficiently well understood that we can start  
to architect solutions. (And limit ourselves to those subsets where  
the IETF would be an appropriate body for this work.)

There are certainly other parts of this problem that may be ripe for  
discussion in the IETF, and chartering TANA and ALTO by no means  
precludes this discussion from happening. I fully expect the IETF to  
take on additional work related to this general problem space in the  
future - we just had to start somewhere, and TANA and ALTO is where we  
started.

I'd strongly encourage folks that want to push forward additional  
proposals for the IETF to take on in this space!

Lars

On 2008-10-21, at 14:33, ext Narayanan, Vidya wrote:
> I'll start by saying that I do like the charter and believe that it  
> is scoped correctly.
>
> I do, however, share some of the concerns that Nicholas has raised.   
> We are talking about bulk data p2p transfers here, not necessarily  
> just limited to file transfers.  This does mean p2p models of video,  
> games that exchange large amounts of data (e.g., World of Warcraft),  
> large medical data (e.g., high resolution imaging) transfer, etc.  
> fall into this category.  Of course, for some of these applications,  
> the answer may simply be that TANA is not applicable and hence,  
> should not be used.  However, I do think there are more grades to  
> this.
>
> Another interesting piece of data is that for the first time in many  
> years, http has overtaken p2p traffic in some markets, primarily  
> driven by video download applications such as YouTube.  Thanks to  
> http being the common firewall transport mechanism, much of the  
> video now runs over TCP.  So, is it really as cut and dry as the  
> bulk data P2P traffic needing to yield to Internet traffic?  As long  
> as it is about some background file transfer, perhaps that  
> philosophy will just work.  But, if the P2P app is also a video app,  
> the answer is probably more complex.
>
> There is no doubt that this charter is attempting to tackle a very  
> important issue.  But, it would be good to think about what grades  
> we may need to address here.
>
> Regards,
> Vidya

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