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

[Brian E Carpenter]

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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > 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