Option 4 is not a separate option - it's a possible content
provider reaction to whichever of 1, 2 or 3 takes place. As
Mark pointed out, it has major scaling and trust model issues.
If I'm right and OPES-like boxes are inevitable, maybe the
IETF needs to start pre-emptive work on Option 4.
Brian
Christian Huitema wrote:
From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian(_at_)hursley(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com]
It seems to me there are 3 ways the world could go, and no 4th option:
1. Something OPES-like will be standardised in the IETF
2. Something OPES-like will be standardised in another organisation,
perhaps
one with less clue than the IETF about scaling and security.
3. Non-standardised OPES-like things will be widely deployed.
Pick the one you prefer.
What about option 4, "information publishers who don't like interference
by transport providers use TLS/SSL to enforce actual end-to-end
transmission of the content" ? As we gain experience in implementing
TLS, this is a certainly a possibility!
-- Christian Huitema