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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">During the last IRC call we started talking about network services and how they can be integrated into the group Policy framework.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">In particular, with the "redirect" action we need to think how we can specify the network services we want to redirect the traffic to/from. There has been a substantial work in the area of service chaining and service insertion and in the last summit "advanced service" in VMs were discussed.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I think the first step for us is to find out the status of those efforts and then see how we can use them. Here are a few questions that come to mind.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">1- What is the status of service chaining, service insertion and advanced services work?</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">2- How could we use a service chain? Would simply referring to it in the action be enough? Are there considerations wrt creating a service chain and/or a service VM for use with the Group Policy framework that need to be taken into account?</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Let's start the discussion on the ML before taking it to the next call.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks,</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Mohammad</font><br>
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