RE: Comments on zeroconf draft

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

My personal opinions only.

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Karen E. Nielsen (AH/TED) wrote:
> Apart from this as i had already mentioned in my previous mails
> about a thought of expanding the applicability of this document
> beyond 3GPP. Maybe this is for the WG chair to decide.
>  
> [Karen E. Nielsen (AH/TED)] Thanks for your comments in that respect also.  
[...]
> 
> Now given that we have the requirements, this document could be used
> to decide:
> 
> * Initial: whether the 3GPP case is sufficiently different from
> assisted tunnelling for it to have its on life requirements wise

I'd say, no, "zeroconf" requirements are common enough; some are
3GPP-specific, but many are not.  Then a logical approach would seem
to be have a "generic requirements" section (which would still be
sufficiently grounded in the operational scenarios), and sections on
specific requirements under different scenarios.
 
> (and solution wise) - (if not the timing requirements alone makes it
> necessary for it to have its own life).

IMHO, as this is just the requirements, the solutions could be the
same or not if everything was done under the label of "zeroconf", so I 
don't see this as a big factor.

> * Subsequently: if zeroconf tunneling as a concept is granted its
> own life, are there additional scenarios where this may be
> applicable.
> 
> Further are the additional requirements that should be served by
> zeroconf tunnelling so that it will be applicable to additional
> scenarios, which do not fit within the framework of assisted
> tunnelling.

IMHO, yes.

I can't see additional requirements which weren't there under the 
assisted tunneling.

Remember that assisted tunneling went out to provide requirements for
two different cases:  "zero-conf -like", and "controlled".  Now that
there is draft out on "zero-conf -like", it doesn't seem to be useful
to cover that under assisted tunneling, but just make it cover
"controlled".  Overlap won't do us any good..

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