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* For example, if you can obtain the same understanding of path | * For example, if you can obtain the same understanding of path | |||
characteristics from measurements obtained over a few more round | characteristics from measurements obtained over a few more round | |||
trips, endpoint implementers are unlikely to be eager to add | trips, endpoint implementers are unlikely to be eager to add | |||
complexity, and many attributes can be measured from an endpoint, | complexity, and many attributes can be measured from an endpoint, | |||
without assistance from intermediate nodes. | without assistance from intermediate nodes. | |||
For "Per-Connection State", the key questions discussed in the | For "Per-Connection State", the key questions discussed in the | |||
Research Group were "how much state" and "where state is maintained". | Research Group were "how much state" and "where state is maintained". | |||
* Integrated Services (IntServ) (Section 6.2) required state at | * Integrated Services (IntServ) (Section 6.2) required state at | |||
every intermediate node for every connection between two | every participating intermediate node for every connection between | |||
endpoints. As the Internet ecosystem has evolved, carrying many | two endpoints. As the Internet ecosystem has evolved, carrying | |||
connections in a tunnel that appears to intermediate nodes as a | many connections in a tunnel that appears to intermediate nodes as | |||
single connection has become more common, so that additional end- | a single connection has become more common, so that additional | |||
to-end connections don't add additional state to intermediate | end-to-end connections don't add additional state to intermediate | |||
nodes between tunnel endpoints. If these tunnels are encrypted, | nodes between tunnel endpoints. If these tunnels are encrypted, | |||
intermediate nodes between tunnel endpoints can't distinguish | intermediate nodes between tunnel endpoints can't distinguish | |||
between connections, even if that were desirable. | between connections, even if that were desirable. | |||
For "Keeping Traffic on Fast Paths", we noted that this was true for | For "Keeping Traffic on Fast Paths", we noted that this was true for | |||
many platforms, but not for all. | many platforms, but not for all. | |||
* For backbone routers, this is likely an Invariant, but for | * For backbone routers, this is likely an Invariant, but for | |||
platforms that rely more on general-purpose computers to make | platforms that rely more on general-purpose computers to make | |||
forwarding decisions, this may not be a fatal flaw for Path Aware | forwarding decisions, this may not be a fatal flaw for Path Aware | |||
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