Hi Joe, 

The text can always be worked out. This is not an IETF LC :)

The main point is that we are following your suggestion to define the solution 
as an application proxy using a dedicated port number. 

Cheers,
Med

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Joe Touch [mailto:[email protected]]
> Envoyé : mercredi 19 juillet 2017 21:46
> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN; Olivier Bonaventure; Internet Area; tsv-
> [email protected]
> Objet : Re: [Int-area] Middleboxes to aid the deployment of MPTCP
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/19/2017 11:43 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > I don't understand your argument here, especially because you are the
> one who proposed me the following (check mptcp archives, April 20, 2017)
> which we endorsed in the latest version of the specification:
> >
> > "If that were the case, you'd simply be defining a new application
> service and asking for a TCP port number."
> >
> > Are you saying that you suggested us a bad design choice?
> The text I saw talks about SYN packets.
> 
> If this is at the application layer - and doesn't hijack TCP connections
> to other IP addresses - then it's fine, but then the ID is very badly in
> need of revision. I'm working off the text I saw.
> 
> Joe

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