On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Nico Williams wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> At this point, we are trying to state requirements. You have already ran 
>> full-force into proposed solutions.
> 
> Looking at the sorts of solutions that might be in scope can help me
> understand the problem space by illustration, particularly when new
> [to me] terminology is used that confuses me.  I'm proposing nothing
> in particular so much as illustrative concepts.

Noted.

>> On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Nico Williams wrote:
>>> As for nearest SG for a given administrative domain, well, I'm
>>> thinking of anycasting and multicasting, as well as SRV RRs.
>> 
>> That's "discovery by looking around". I propose that a much simpler solution 
>> is "discovery by listening for trusted parties to register with you their 
>> information". That is, the introducer has a list of trusted gateways (which 
>> might be other introducers), and it listens for them to tell it what 
>> addresses they are responsible for and the policies that are associated with 
>> them. There should also be a way for a gateway to ask an introducer what the 
>> introducer knows about the gateway.
> 
> I see.  That makes sense, but you have to see the space of SGs or
> other "introducers" that you know about.  They might multicast for you
> to discover them.

That's a push model; I would propose a pull model based on existing trust 
relationships. What do others think?

--Paul Hoffman

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