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Re: I-D: Simple Configured Tunnel Setup Procedure
My feeling on this is that most of the ISPs will not accept off-band procedures, and TSP seems useful to avoid that.
Regards,
Jordi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pekka Savola" <pekkas@netcore.fi>
To: "Marc Blanchet" <Marc.Blanchet@hexago.com>
Cc: <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: I-D: Simple Configured Tunnel Setup Procedure
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the comments. (Btw, you might want to resubscribe with the
> address you use because the mails bounce to the list admin.)
>
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Marc Blanchet wrote:
> > my reading is that:
> > - good idea.
> > - if you go more into the details which makes a complete solution, you will
> > end up redoing either tunnel broker or tunnel broker with TSP.
> > - TSP automates the creation of tunnels with no complexity or overhead. and
> > it manages the delegation of prefixes, the mobility of the v4 side (i.e.
> > change of v4 address), can be part of a boot sequence of a node or router,
> > etc...
> > - basically, you need a signaling protocol of some sort to help the two
> > parties involved to setup the tunnel (and the various additional needed
> > info, such as prefix allocation, ...)
>
> I do not believe there is a need for signaling protocol at all, and I
> think the memo tries to proof-of-concept this.
>
> You can manage the change of v4 address without a protocol; there are
> already protocols for prefix delegation and they can be reused, etc.
> (Obviously, if there is a need for a simpler prefix delegation
> mechanism than DHCPv6, that's a separate issue on its own.)
>
> I considered TSP before starting to write this, but I could not
> justify the signaling protocol overhead and complexity to myself, as
> there clearly didn't seem to be a need for one.
>
> --
> Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
> Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
> Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
>
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