Re: : New ID : Diameter Compression

Diameter already supports compression at the ttransmission layer via TLS and IKE. 

Does anyone understand why this "extension" is necessary?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Rajith wrote:

> All
> 
> 	A draft about "Diameter Compression" is available now.
> 
> 	Please review the same and give your comments.
> 
> Warmest Regards
> 
> Rajith
> 
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories.
> 
> 
> 		 Title		 		 : Diameter Compression
> 		 Author(s)		 : H. Zhangtao, R. Rajith
> 		 Filename		 : draft-zhangtao-aaa-compression-00.txt
> 		 Pages		 		 : 11
> 		 Date		 		 : 2005-9-14
> 
>   This document describes the negotiation of compression algorithm
>   between two Diameter peers and the indication of data compression
>   using a new AVP [Attribute Value Pair] flag.
> 
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-zhangtao-aaa-compression-00.txt
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