The examples you give seem more closely related to ones that could be
performed in a proxy, or indeed a router (depending on which layer you want
your logs/bills to consider). As such I don't really see what they would
have to do with OPES per se., though I can understand why you're asking the
question.
--On Sunday, November 18, 2001 22:45 -0500 Markus Hofmann
<hofmann(_at_)bell-labs(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,
quick question about one of the IAB considerations for OPES (taken from
draft-iab-opes-01.txt).
(2.1) One-party consent: An OPES framework standardized in the IETF
must require that the use of any OPES service be explicitly
authorized by one of the application-layer end-hosts (that is,
either the content provider or the client).
I was just wondering about services that NEVER modify any of the content
(i.e. the application messages). Does this also apply to such services?
Such services may include logging/billing/accounting of different kinds -
they never modify content, just log it and pass it back. In principle,
such services can also be implemented using the OPES framework. Does an
endpoint have to give consent if an ISP wants to do the
accounting/billing on an OPES server rather than somewhere else?
Note, I'm NOT asking or advocating to open up this specific consideration
or to create pinholes, just asking whether this understanding is correct.
Thanks,
Markus