[siesta] Eastbound - Westbound

[Robert Moskowitz <[e-mail]>]

I *think* I have coined a new terminology that I have clearly stolen 
from others that talk about a southbound and northbound set of 
interfaces (e.g. Openflow).

A Siesta-like process, like my SSE, sits in user space next to a 
communicating application, performing the necessary session level 
security functions.  This SSE process MUST follow all the current Best 
Practices on maintaining a proper security boundary.  But SSE does not 
do the key management; next to it is a KMP also sitting in user space.

So to the east of SSE is the communicting application that is using its 
security services.  To the west of SSE is a KMP which actually manages 
the security state for SSE.

So unless someone else can point me to somewhere else where East/West 
bound interfaces and APIs are named as such...

Or is the app to the west and KMP to the east?

Sheesh, I got to finish packing and get on the road already!!  ;)'