Le 16 nov. 2011 à 10:26, Ole Troan a écrit :

> Remi, et al,
> 
>> In the Softwire meeting of Monday, the key argument against the 4rd unified 
>> approach (4rd-U) was that *Because checksum neutrality of addresses is part 
>> of 4rd-U, it would allegedly cause "address spreading" (addresses used 
>> between a pair of hosts would vary)*. 
>> You had a slide asserting it, and the argument was taken as granted, and 
>> important, in verbal comments from Mark Townsley and Dave Thaler.
>> I forcefully declared that this was technically false.
>> Since no time has been granted to explain, I invited anyone in doubt to 
>> contact me for explanations. 
>> Thanks for having taken the time to do it.
>> 
>> Following our discussion of yesterday, I think you now understand that, as I 
>> said:
>> - *TCP/UDP checksum neutrality of addresses DOES NOT interfere in any way 
>> with stability of addresses between host pairs*.
> 
> acknowledged. as far as I can understand the checksum neutrality proposal 
> will work, and it will result in stable addresses.
> two flows between two hosts will have the same addresses. and there is no 
> "destination spread" with this mechanism.
> 
> apologies for the uncertainty and confusion created by questioning this.

No problem left on this.

>> - Consequently, the key argument of the meeting against 4rd-U is invalid.
> 
> that I disagree with. there were multiple arguments.

No contradiction here either: I just wished it to be known by the group that 
the "key" objection is now understood to be invalid.
I do agree that other objections you list in your email, despite their being 
much less decisive AFAIK, deserve to be seriously discussed. I will comment 
them in a separate response.

Thanks,
RD


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