Re: [pcp] TR: I-D Action: draft-boucadair-pcp-sfc-classifier-control-00.txt

["Charles Eckel (eckelcu)" <[e-mail]>]

On 4/22/14, 12:59 AM, "[e-mail]"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hi Charles,
>
>Thank you for your message.
>
>FLOWDATA is indeed an option that could be used for classification
>purposes. This is recorded briefly in the draft:
>
>   o  Explicit actions: re-mark, drop, shape (can be used with
>      FLOWDATA).
>
>The exact details on how FLOWDATA can be used are not included in this
>version because I wanted -00 to focus on the problem to be solved.
>
>It seems to me that aeon is application-driven, which is not the case for
>the pcp classifier draft. The classification function is not controlled
>by a user/external application, it is under the responsibility of the
>administrative entity managing the network.

True; however, flowdata specified by the PCP client as a result of
user/external application input may be useful to the classification
function if provided to it by the PCP server. If not specified by the
user/application, how else would you anticipate getting the flowdata in
the first place?

Cheers,
Charles

>
>Cheers,
>Med
>
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : Charles Eckel (eckelcu) [mailto:[e-mail]]
>>Envoyé : mardi 22 avril 2014 00:59
>>À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN; [e-mail]
>>Objet : Re: [pcp] TR: I-D Action: draft-boucadair-pcp-sfc-classifier-
>>control-00.txt
>>
>>Hi Med,
>>
>>This is a good draft. I was envisioning a similar relationship between
>>PCP
>>and SFC in which flow characteristics communicated via PCP could be used
>>as input into the an SFC classifier. In addition to L2/L3/L4 information,
>>the information included in the proposed PCP Flowdata Option
>>(http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wing-pcp-flowdata-00) seem useful as
>>well. Using PCP to help with SFC classification is a good example of the
>>more general problem described in the AEON problem statement and
>>requirements draft
>>(http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-eckel-aeon-problem-statement-00).
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Charles
>>
>>On 4/16/14, 10:49 PM, "[e-mail]"
>><[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>>>Dear all,
>>>
>>>I submitted this new draft to discuss issues related to the control of
>>>packet classier.
>>>
>>>Comments are more than welcome.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Med
>>>
>>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>>De : I-D-Announce [mailto:[e-mail]] De la part de
>>>[e-mail]
>>>Envoyé : mercredi 16 avril 2014 14:48
>>>À : [e-mail]
>>>Objet : I-D Action: draft-boucadair-pcp-sfc-classifier-control-00.txt
>>>
>>>
>>>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
>>>directories.
>>>
>>>
>>>        Title           : PCP as a Traffic Classifier Control Protocol
>>>        Author          : Mohamed Boucadair
>>>	Filename        : draft-boucadair-pcp-sfc-classifier-control-00.txt
>>>	Pages           : 7
>>>	Date            : 2014-04-16
>>>
>>>Abstract:
>>>   This document specifies how PCP (Port Control Protocol) can be used
>>>   as a classifier control protocol.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>>>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-boucadair-pcp-sfc-classifier-cont
>>>ro
>>>l/
>>>
>>>There's also a htmlized version available at:
>>>http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-boucadair-pcp-sfc-classifier-control-00
>>>
>>>
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>>>submission
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>>>
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