Re: [tcpm] New Version Notification for draft-touch-tcpm-tcp-edo-01.txt

[Olivier Bonaventure <[e-mail]>]

Bob,
>
> Returning to the question of adoption, we have to address the question
> of why previous attempts to do this have failed. I don't believe it is
> as simple as that they tried to include options on SYNs, so all we have
> to do is avoid the SYN problem.
...
>
> 4) Finally, the EDO draft cites <draft-ananth-tcpm-tcpoptext-00> as if
> it is just another solution. It's not. It's actually a very useful
> survey of all the previous attempts to solve this problem, including a
> useful enumeration of the problems that have to be surmounted.
>
> The arguments on this thread show that we don't agree on the problem
> space. So, I suggest we adopt Anatha's draft, and as we develop it, we
> agree on the problem we are trying to solve first. Boring, but
> apparently necessary.


I was offline this week and am now catching up the email thread. I agree 
that starting from this draft would be an excellent idea to document in 
an information draft the existing solutions and their advantages and 
drawbacks. With this documentation, we could then build another solution 
that works efficiently.


Olivier