Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-quic-version-negotiation-03.txt

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

Not an enthusiast, but I did read the draft.

Thanks for putting this together David.  I think that this is a lot clearer than previous versions about how it is structured.  I have opened a few issues and plan to open a few more.  There are some big open questions there unfortunately, but I am hopeful we can get through those.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021, at 11:44, David Schinazi wrote:
> Hi QUIC enthusiasts,
> 
> As you can see below, EKR and I have submitted an update to the version 
> negotiation draft.
> This is a complete rewrite of the document, aiming at making the 
> concepts clearer. Please let
> us know what you think and file issues, we'd love to get the discussion 
> started before IETF 110.
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 4:35 PM <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > 
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> > This draft is a work item of the QUIC WG of the IETF.
> > 
> >         Title           : Compatible Version Negotiation for QUIC
> >         Authors         : David Schinazi
> >                           Eric Rescorla
> >         Filename        : draft-ietf-quic-version-negotiation-03.txt
> >         Pages           : 12
> >         Date            : 2021-02-04
> > 
> > Abstract:
> >    QUIC does not provide a complete version negotiation mechanism but
> >    instead only provides a way for the server to indicate that the
> >    version the client offered is unacceptable.  This document describes
> >    a version negotiation mechanism that allows a client and server to
> >    select a mutually supported version.  Optionally, if the original and
> >    negotiated version share a compatible first flight format, the
> >    negotiation can take place without incurring an extra round trip.
> > 
> >    Discussion of this work is encouraged to happen on the QUIC IETF
> >    mailing list [e-mail] (mailto:[e-mail]) or on the GitHub
> >    repository which contains the draft: https://github.com/quicwg/
> >    version-negotiation/ (https://github.com/quicwg/version-
> >    negotiation/).
> > 
> > 
> > The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-quic-version-negotiation/
> > 
> > There is also an HTML version available at:
> > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-quic-version-negotiation-03.html
> > 
> > A diff from the previous version is available at:
> > https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-quic-version-negotiation-03
> > 
> > 
> > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission
> > until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
> > 
> > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
> > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
> > 
> >