Re: [tequila/sls] comments on the TEQUILA draft by W. Almesberger

From: Yves T'Joens (yves.tjoens@alcatel.be)
Date: Mon Oct 16 2000 - 11:39:01 CEST

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    Marcus Brunner wrote:
    >
    > Yves,
    >
    > [...]
    >
    > > next week, a new version of the sls draft , a framework document and
    > > indicative charter will be issued. based on this, we will see how much
    > > interest there is to go for a BoF/WG. Since we are a bit late, i will
    > > however already contact Bert to ask for a slot in San Diego. So far,
    > > from private mails prior to the activation of this list, i have seen
    > > quite some interest in specification of this. Also see (
    > > http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?ArticleID=31724&Pub=tt
    > > )
    >
    > I think it is time to go for this now. Iw ill take a lot of time until
    > any agreement can be reached.
    >
    as usual i assume.

    > >
    > > as for the placing of the draft in the policy framework group : as i
    > > tried to explain during the presentation in Pittsburgh, I do agree that
    > > there is affinity with the work of the policy framework group, but you
    > > don't need the policy framework architecture for supporting the SLS
    > > negotiation. In that sense, it is different enough to allow the creation
    > > of a different working group.
    >
    > Look you don't need the Policy Framework WG, on the other hand, the SLS
    > handling/negotiation may be very well suited for policy control.
    >

    it is indeed input to the policy control. Whether this would feed into
    the Policy management tool, or directly to the PDP is really an
    implementation/deployment detail...

    > >
    > > how do you mean?
    > >
    > Again I think the Werner and I have not understand that an SLS can have
    > multiple flow-ids (do really want to allow severel flow-ids in an SLS?)
    >

    i corrected this in the mail to werner. A SLS should have only one flow
    id. However, the latter should be capable of aggregating flows
    identified by various (combinations) of IP header fields or other.

    > the exclusive OR in the list of destination addresses means you can only
    > specify a prefix or a host address, but not both of it. But this is not
    > a problem if you have severel flow ids.
    >

    we should indeed be more clear on this, now i understand.

    > > > >5. (and also bits of 1.2, etc.)
    > > > > The discussion on signaling appears premature and probably beyond
    > > > > the scope of a document specifying SLS parameters and semantics.
    > > >
    > > > I think there should be a requirements draft for the negotiation anyway.
    > >
    > > I don't know if one can really separate them, since a request for an SLS
    > > subscription/invocation may carry a different set of parameters then the
    > > ack/offer being presented by the network. we will try to clarify this in
    > > our next version.
    >
    > I think, it should be separated. It is clear that different parameters
    > are used in the request and the offer, but both are a service
    > specification. I do not doubt, that you need some additional information
    > for the negotation process, but this should be handled seperately.
    >

    we'll try it, and see if it is possible.
    thanks again

    Yves



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