[Ndn-interest] Middlebox in NDN Era

[Zhen Cao]

Hi Junxiao,

Thanks for the analysis. It is helpful.

Regards,
zhen



On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Junxiao Shi
<shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Hi Zhen
>
> To align with RFC3234 definition, in NDN:
> A middlebox is defined as any intermediary device performing functions other
> than the normal, standard functions of an NDN router on the datagram path
> between a consumer and producer.
>
> Standard functions of an NDN router include:
>
> forward Interest by Name
> return Data by PIT states
> cache Data
>
> Middlebox functions can include:
>
> translate between routable and non-routable Names
> perform Data validation
> filter packets according to firewall rules
>
>
> Yours, Junxiao