- From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
- Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:33:57 -0500
- To: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
- cc: Edward Lewis <edlewis@arin.net>, discuss@apps.ietf.org
> Sounds like you are tripping across the end-to-end myth. Whenever we design > a protocol that believes there is a direct interaction between one end-point > and the other, we later have to deal with the presence of intermediation. > Caches. Firewalls. Whatever. another view is that these intermediaries are a fad, an idea that people are only starting to realize is a bad one. another view is that these intermediaries are a sign of a fundamental deficiency in the architecture - in particular the inability of the network (under the current architecture) to provide mechanisms that would allow for intelligent traffic filtering to provide security in depth. another view is that these intermediaries are mostly due to poor/insecure implementation at the hosts. however I do not believe that store-and-forward is appropriate for all or even most applications. I'm not even sure it's appropriate for email. The failure to directly connect source to destination is one of the principal factors behind the poor reliability of email. Keith
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