[net2-wg] Collection TEP draft

[Omprakash Gnawali]

> 
> > another question:
> > should providing Intercept be a MUST?
> > In the case of a lean collection implementation (ie for stg like
> > Drain), it might be  unnecessary and add needless bloat.
> 
> My intuition is that Intercept is a MUST, while Snoop is a SHOULD or  
> MAY. Without Intercept, you can't do in-network processing/ 
> suppression. But I suspect this intuition is as much a product of  
> "it's how it's been done in the past" as anything else, and therefore  
> is definitely worth discussion and scrutiny.
> 
> Phil

How often has in-network processing used to modify a packet and send
it along vs. compose a packet using information from many packets ?