On 09-Sep-19 06:06, Joe Touch wrote: > > >> On Sep 8, 2019, at 6:16 AM, Fred Baker <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Sep 5, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Tom Herbert <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I really wish the IAB would look at the issues of wide >>> spread middlebox non-conformance >> >> Wouldn't that require the middle box to become an architectural element? > > Yes, but not just “an” (one): > > Touch, J: Middlebox Models Compatible with the Internet. USC/ISI > (ISI-TR-711), 2016. (Type: Technical Report | Links | BibTeX) > > * https://www.strayalpha.com/pubs/isi-tr-711.pdf
I'll take the liberty of pointing out that we've known for many years that there are multiple types of middleboxes and they have multiple facets: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3234 So far, we haven't added them to any formal architectural description of the Internet, probably because we don't have one. Brian _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
