Re: [dtn-security] Header Encryption

"Sushil Chaudhari" <schaudhari@mzeal.com> Fri, 17 July 2009 19:07 UTC

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Thank you for the replies. 

But please clearify the following questions:

1. Does IPSec require “gateway” nodes, as bundle-in-bundle encapsulation require?

2. Does IPSec provide bundle data integrity and authenticity validation?