RE: draft-bonica-tunneltrace-02

[Shahram Davari <Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>]

Ron,

> We should not be surprised that 
> the enhanced
> route tracing application resembles the current "traceroute" 
> in that a) it
> is based upon probes and responses, b) UDP carries its PDUs, 
> and c) it is
> stateless.
> 

I am not surprised at all. What you are suggesting is 
your desire to resemble the IP traceroute. But this is only
a desire and there is no technical reason why it should or it
should not resemble the IP traceroute. 

A requirements document should leave the door open for other
innovative ideas, unless you can prove that the traceroute-like 
mechanism is the BEST.

-Shahram