Re: Plan for moving forward

[Eric Rescorla <ekr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:44:54 -0700,
Lakshminath Dondeti wrote:
> > Luckily, I think you are pretty safe in that 
> > this requirement is supported by the solution we are on. SIP allows an 
> > INVITE to have and offer and also allows INVITES without an offer where 
> > the UAS sends the offer. I think this will meet your requirement.
> 
> The problem is simply that we are going ahead with a strict 
> client-server imposition on the parties to the communication.  For 
> general purpose use, we need to start thinking a little bit broader (see 
> the example of IKEv2).  I made a note of this issue at the meeting in 
> Prague and perhaps earlier too.

I'm sorry, I still don't understand what you think the impact
of "strict client-server imposition" is here. I agree that TLS/DTLS
has a client and server, but so what? What relevant use case does
that preclude?

-Ekr