Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space
William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com> Wed, 31 August 2011 18:11 UTC
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Subject: Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space
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On 8/31/11 9:57 AM, Pasi Sarolahti wrote: > TCP's option space has been under increasing demand recently, with new option-space hungry extensions such as MPTCP, and some recent ideas in the research domain. In the past there have been some discussion about mechanisms to extend the option space, and an extension option was proposed in draft-eddy-tcp-loo, but since then these efforts have died down. I'm wondering if there would be any interest in the tcpm community to resume this work. > Already done, already tested. RFC-6013. > I recall that re-segmenting middleboxes were mentioned as one potential problem for such extension, and there might be other problems. Nevertheless, I would find it useful, if there was an RFC that a) documented the known problems with option space extension; and b) defined an option format and assigned the needed type codes, to enable experimentations with larger than 40-byte option space. > I'm using options 31 and 32. See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-simpson-tcpct-api-04 > Thoughts? > Always happy to have additional experimenters. Not talkers, implementers.
- [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Pasi Sarolahti
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Tim Shepard
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space SCHARF, Michael
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Tim Shepard
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Mark Allman
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Rick Jones
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Rick Jones
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space William Allen Simpson
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Wesley Eddy
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Michio Honda
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Jerry Chu
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Jerry Chu
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Michael Welzl
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Michio Honda
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Jerry Chu
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Jerry Chu
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Jerry Chu
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Fernando Gont
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Fernando Gont
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Fernando Gont
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Fernando Gont
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Fernando Gont
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Rick Jones
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Michio Honda
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Tim Shepard
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space SCHARF, Michael
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Wesley Eddy
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Wesley Eddy
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space William Allen Simpson
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space William Allen Simpson
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space William Allen Simpson
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space William Allen Simpson
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Joe Touch
- Re: [tcpm] Extending TCP option space Pasi Sarolahti