"The option defined in this document uses the TCP experimental
option
codepoint sharing mechanism defined in [RFC6994] and is intended
to
allow broad deployment of the mechanism on the public Internet."
Is it the opinion of the authors of this draft that it isn't
worthwhile to get IETF Consensus on a mechanism for broad deployment
on the public Internet?
[Med] We tried that path...You may check tcpm archives, fwiw.
There have been TCPM discussion e.g. on the use of the TCP option, and the
document has improved as a result of these discussions. However, the TCPM
charter has a relatively narrow scope focusing on TCP as end-to-end protocol.
Rechartering of TCPM would have required IESG approval.
TCPM has standardized RFC6994 to enable experimentation without formal
assignment of a TCP option kind number. This I-D has registered the
experimental ID 0x0348 as foreseen by RFC6994. Thus, regarding the use of the
TCP experimental option codepoint, the TCPM process has been followed.
Michael
(TCPM co-chair)