Re: [Hipsec-rg] [Hipsec] I-D on using HIP for P2PSIP:

Hi Philip,

Just to let you know: We have a P2PSIP prototype already using HIP for building and running the overlay.

  Martin

Am 18.06.2007 um 21:49 schrieb Philip Matthews:

> Folks:
>
> I would like to call your attention to a draft that was just
> submitted to the P2PSIP working group.
> This document proposes to use HIP as the basis in forming a P2PSIP
> overlay network.
>
> The draft is a high-level draft that is trying to sell the P2PSIP
> group on the idea of using HIP, rather than a detailed design. So we
> simply sketch the ideas in a broad fashion, rather than giving
> precise details. However, the authors still feel the draft will
> likely be of interest to the HIP community.
>
> In particular, what is likely of greatest interest are the four HIP
> extensions that the draft proposes:
> * Defining how to route HIP packets though intermediate peers in an
> overlay;
> * Adding a new HIP packet type (which we call the Data packet) to
> transport upper-layer protocols
> in the overlay when the transmission path goes through one or
> more intermediate peers;
> * Extending the procedures for establishing a HIP association to the
> case where a peer wants to join an overlay;
> * Proposing alternative transport stack for protocols where running
> over ESP is undesirable (e.g. Secure RTP transport of voice packets).
>
> The authors would be very interested in getting feedback from the HIP
> community on these proposed extensions.
>
> From a HIP prospective, what is interesting is that this approach
> provides a motivation for people to use HIP, because it is using HIP
> in a "closed" system: a peer-to-peer overlay.
>
> The document was just submitted on the weekend, and had not yet
> appeared in archives when this was written.
> Until it does, you can get a copy at:
> http://www.magma.ca/~philip_matthews/draft-matthews-p2psip-hip-
> hop-00.txt
> or an HTML version at:
> http://www.magma.ca/~philip_matthews/draft-matthews-p2psip-hip-
> hop-00.htm
>
> - Philip
>
> [I am cross-posting this to the HIP RG list, but after discussion
> with Gonzalo, we think that the HIP WG mailing list is the best place
> to discuss the details of the proposed HIP extensions. However, if
> you have any general comments on the suitability of HIP for P2PSIP,
> or general comments on the draft, then those comments are best
> directed to the P2PSIP list.]
>
>
>
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