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Re: WG Review: Open Pluggable Edge Services (opes)

2001-06-21 16:30:02
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





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