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Tunnel Set-up requirements: Issue to be resolved
There is one major issue that need to be resolved in this document,
and I'd like to get feedback on.
The original draft talked about two modes, authenticated and non
authenticated.
This was not a perfect terminology, and we now use registered vs non
registered.
As Pekka's explained, there are three level of requirements,
the ones on the protocol, the ones on the implementations
of the protocol and the ones on its deployment.
With regard to the support of those 2 modes, this is what I would like
to suggest:
Non registered mode:
- MUST be supported by the protocol to be designed
- RECOMMENDED to be implemented on client and servers/brokers
- MAY be turned off by ISP
Registered mode:
- MUST be supported by the protocol
- RECOMMENDED to be implemented on clients and servers/brokers
- MAY be turned on by ISP
- The registered part of the protocol SHOULD not be too different from
the non registered one,
so as to minimize code difference between the two modes
The difference is that the Non registered mode becomes the default mode
of operation,
which can certainly be a valid option when the ISP has a enough control
on IPv4 access.
(See Erik Nordmark's email on the matter)
The choice of the mode of operation (registered vs non registered)
would then be
completely controlled by the ISP.
Would this be an acceptable solution?
- Alain.