Hi, since we are on the subject of source IP address. Would it make sense to use X-Forwarded-For header instead of peer IP address? That could be beneficial in case there is an HTTP cache involved, but it is easily faked.
Bye, Robert On 06/25/11 19:47, Reinaldo Penno wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Endpoint cost service calculates the cost of the client sending the message > to one or more clients. The client's IP address is used in order to generate > the appropriate answer. > > The endpoint property lookup service provides a way to find a list of > properties about a endpoint. The IP address of the client sending the query > has no bearing on the answer. Or does it? > > Or you are talking about a client finding properties for itself? > > Thanks, > > Reinaldo > > > On 6/24/11 10:48 AM, "Ben Niven-Jenkins" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Colleagues, >> >> Section 10.3 of draft-ietf-alto-protocol-08 states: >> >> The protocol specified in this document provides a mode of operation >> where the source network location is computed by the ALTO Server (via >> the Endpoint Property Lookup interface) from the source IP address >> found in the ALTO Client query packets. This is similar to how some >> P2P Trackers (e.g., BitTorrent Trackers - see "Tracker HTTP/HTTPS >> Protocol" in [BitTorrent]) operate. >> >> However, although section 7.7.5.1.3 (for the Endpoint Cost service) allows >> the >> source address to be inferred from the client's IP address, section 7.7.4.1.3 >> (for the Endpoint Property Lookup service) doesn't allow the source address >> to >> be optional or inferred from the client's IP address. >> >> Is this an oversight in the description of the Endpoint Property Lookup >> service or should the example in section 10.3 point to the Endpoint Property >> Cost service? >> >> Thanks >> Ben >> >> _______________________________________________ >> alto mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/alto > _______________________________________________ > alto mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/alto -- Robert Varga Pantheon Technologies, s.r.o. Mlynske Nivy 56 831 05 Bratislava _______________________________________________ alto mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/alto
