Re: Available for MIDCOM discussions in Paris

Hi Rick,

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 05:45:04PM +0200, Juergen Quittek wrote:
> Hi Rick,
> 
> --On 8/1/2005 8:52 AM -0400 Townsend, Richard L, JR (Rick) wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > Some of you may recall that I introduced a draft to MIDCOM
> > entitled <draft-stott-behave-safenet-00>.  I just spoke with Allison
> > and she suggested that SAFENeT might be one of the several drafts on
> > protocols for traversing NAT/FWs that could go forward as Experimental
> > documents since it does address specific concerns for enterprise
> > environments.
> 
> I think I asked this before: Reading your draft, I have not seen any
> technical feature of SAFENeT in your draft that is specific for enterprise
> environments.
> 
> All scenarios you describe are fully matched by the MIDCOM semantics
> and MIDCOM MIB.
> 
> Would you explain which TECHNICAL feature of SAFENeT you see that
> do "address specific concerns for enterprise environments"?

Or, if you believe that SAFENeT is better suited for enterprise 
environments because it is a "lightweight MIDCOM" and therefore
easier to implement or to deploy, please state which requirements
of MIDCOM (that cause a substantial effort) are not needed 
with SAFENeT?

> > Because MIDCOM is not meeting here in Paris,
> > I want to make myself available in Paris during the meeting for
> > off-line discussion on the pros and cons of SAFENeT and on how
> > to proceed forward with a SAFENeT draft.  Comments are welcome.
> 
> When would you be available for a discussion?

I would be interested in a discussion, too. When?




Thanks,
Sebastian

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