Re: Auto-tunnel Rant

[George Michaelson <ggm@dstc.edu.au>]

There is probably a layering violation opr encapsulated traffic fubar
but I do want to ask, why its not possible for a multicast enabled
upstream to intercept a tunnel, and just *make* the endpoint terminate there
which should (in a global multicast) do the right thing anyway.

Obviously, 'private' tunnels are just that: but if a public framework
which is acting as a 'find me a multicast' is going to tunnel over an
enabled fabric, why not tear it open there?

I can't see what the multicast-centric answer is that makes this bad

	the ISP is multicasting already: they can't object to the traffic
	class

	its traffic efficient
	
	its actually a higher QoS than the user asked for since the mesh
	will have true local scopes

So its the layer or privacy violation thats a problem?

-George