Re: Greasing the QUIC Bit

[Dmitri Tikhonov <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 07:02:55PM -0700, Christian Huitema wrote:
> I am almost done implementing this in picoquic, I just have a question
> about to set the quic bit if the option is negotiated
> 
> The spec says "use an unpredictable value", and I am hesitating between
> three options:
> 
> 1) flip a coin upon negotiation of the TP, and set all Quic Bits for the
> connection to the selected value.
> 
> 2) flip the bit at every packet.
> 
> 3) run a random number generator for each packet.

The draft does not make it clear whether the "unpredicable value" is
per connection or per packet:

 " Endpoints that receive the grease_quic_bit transport parameter from a
 " peer MAY set the QUIC Bit to any value in packets they sent to that
 " peer.  Endpoints SHOULD set the QUIC Bit to an unpredictable value
 " unless another extension assigns specific meaning to the value of the
 " bit.

When I read it the first time around, I interpreted it as "per packet."
If one interprets it as "per connection," it makes for the most efficient
method, which would be my preference.

  - Dmitri.