Re: [Dime] comments on draft-tsou-dime-realm-based-redirect-00

["Tschofenig, Hannes (NSN - FI/Espoo)" <hannes.tschofenig at nsn.com>]

The first thing to decide about the document is whether there is a real problem we want to solve. 

Then, we jump into how to solve it. 
Still, thanks a lot for the review. 

Ciao
Hannes
 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: dime-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:dime-bounces at ietf.org] On 
>Behalf Of ext Sebastien Decugis
>Sent: 15 June, 2009 06:12
>To: 'Tina TSOU'
>Cc: dime at ietf.org
>Subject: Re: [Dime] comments on draft-tsou-dime-realm-based-redirect-00
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a naive question. Is it not possible to define a new 
>error code (distinct from DIAMETER_REDIRECT_INDICATION) for 
>this purpose, to get rid of managing a single host in the 
>redirect agent? I guess this would also imply update of RFC 
>3588, but at least backward compatibility issues can be 
>removed from the draft.
>
>Best regards,
>Sebastien.
>
>
>Glen Zorn a écrit :
>> Section 2 says:
>>
>>    Note that regardless of which approach is used, the 
>original operator
>>    cannot escape the necessity to specify at least one individual
>>    Redirect-Host in indications to upstream Diameter nodes 
>that cannot
>>    handle realm-based redirection.
>>
>> That being the case, this capability seems pretty much useless.  
>> Presumably, one of the main purposes of realm-based 
>redirection is to 
>> allow SPs to avoid keeping track of Diameter nodes in other realms, 
>> but if one node needs to be tracked, why not all?  
>Therefore, I think 
>> that this draft needs to be changed to either a) define a new 
>> application (so that realm-based redirection support can be 
>> advertised) or b) changed to Standards-Track & stated to 
>update RFC 3588.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~gwz
>>
>> Play assigns meaning to human activity--work erases it.
>>   -- P.L. Wilson
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> DiME mailing list
>> DiME at ietf.org
>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dime
>>
>>   
>
>--
>Sebastien Decugis
>Research fellow
>Network Architecture Group
>NICT (nict.go.jp)
>
>_______________________________________________
>DiME mailing list
>DiME at ietf.org
>https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dime
>