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Re: [EFM] OAM loop back / echo server function




Carlos-
Charles-

Your discussions only emphasize that P802.3ah/EFM is only a part of what is 
needed as a full service offering for a service provider's Ethernet To The 
Subscriber product offering.

A limited amount of this discussion is appropriate for this forum. However, 
the scope of this project is limited. It would probably be worthwhile to 
set up a different forum on how to build a complete Ethernet To The 
Subscriber. That would be a more appropriate forum for doing the larger 
architecture and determining what standards work in other committees is 
needed to complete the solution.

Geoff


At 08:29 AM 8/31/01 -0600, Charles Cook wrote:

>Carlos,
>
>As a carrier, I concur with your thoughts including your comment that 
>bridging as
>an access solution for residential users is a "bad idea".
>
>Charles
>Qwest
>
>Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
>
> > At 17:29 30/08/01 +0100, Bob Barrett wrote:
> > >Remote loop back of Ethernet packets / 802.3 frames is a really bad idea.
> > >No mater how well intentioned it will go wrong sometimes and when it does
> > >it is really bad news.
> >
> > I also was late on this discussion, but I have the same opinion. In
> > general, thinking as a service provider perspective, each and every user
> > should have a logically protected circuit to the
> > headend/olt/switch/whatever. Any chance of having packets exchanged
> > directly between the users opens a wide door for exploits (or even
> > unintentional) problems. In this sense, I believe that EFM should allow 
> only:
> >
> > - direct broadcast on the downstream, limited by VLAN, where the service
> > provider can control what packets get broadcasted;
> > - direct point-to-point communication upstream between the ONU and the OLT.
> >
> > For some specific applications, bridging may be a simple solution for the
> > direct communication between the endpoints. As an access solution for
> > residential users, it is a bad idea.
> >
> > Carlos Ribeiro
> > CTBC Telecom