Re: draft-bonica-tunneltrace-02

[Eric Gray <eric.gray@sandburst.com>]

Shahram,

    On the contrary, it is quite reasonable to propose scoping
requirements such as "tab B it should fit into slot A" in any
proposal for requirements that are intended ever to be filled.
Resemblance to existing tools is a very good example of an
appropriate scoping requirement proposal.  What I saw Ron
commenting on was a similar scoping proposal which might
not be as likely of success in this forum.

You wrote:

>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  
>