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

Andrew Knutsen <andrew.knutsen@bluecoat.com> Mon, 03 August 2009 21:54 UTC

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