At 12:18 PM 6/20/2001 -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
> Content/data is/are already being changed/modified/adapted/etc in
transit and
> the IETF must deal with it sooner or later.
that follows only if the IETF can make a useful contribution by "dealing
with it".
it's not clear whether this is the case.
> Ensuring that the edge is dumb is not the way to protect the end-to-end
model.
> The proper way to do it is to ensure that the edge is an extension of the
> source/origin.
agree, though I would add "or destination" to the end.
but this isn't what's controversial about OPES. what's controversial is
the notion
that the transformations enabled by OPES might also occur in the interior
of the
network, without being explicitly authorized by either the source or the
destination.
Explicit authorization will be added to the charter.
Keith
Michael W. Condry
Director, Network Edge Technology