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Re: [tcpm] New ID available: TCP Option for Transparent Middlebox Discovery

Andrew Knutsen <andrew.knutsen@bluecoat.com> Thu, 13 August 2009 18:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] New ID available: TCP Option for Transparent Middlebox Discovery
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    Are there any comments on this draft?  We'd like to proceed ASAP, so 
we can begin working the new option assignments into our protocols.

Andrew

Andrew Knutsen wrote:
>
>    We've just posted 
> <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-knutsen-tcpm-middlebox-discovery-00.txt>.  
> The intended category is Informational.
>
>    Current technology uses several experimental and unassigned option 
> kinds for this function, by different vendors. This draft represents 
> an effort to allow use of a single, standard, flexible option.  We 
> appreciate your attention, so we can begin moving toward an assigned 
> option kind.
>
> Abstract
>
> This document describes a TCP option intended to facilitate
> transparent detection of middleboxes (or services playing that role)
> along the path of a TCP connection as the connection is made. The
> option has no effect if an appropriate middlebox is not on the path.
>
>
>

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