[Hipsec-rg] Question about IPSec ESP mode of HIP connection

[miika at iki.fi (Miika Komu)]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Joseph wrote:

Please see RFC4303 for details.

> Dear Miika,
> 	Thanks a lot. So in the ESP connection of HIP , during the ESP
> connection, what should be put in the "Padding" in the ESP Tailer? Thanks
> Joseph
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miika Komu [mailto:miika at iki.fi]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:10 PM
> To: Joseph
> Cc: hipsec-rg at listserv.cybertrust.com
> Subject: Re: [Hipsec-rg] Question about IPSec ESP mode of HIP connection
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Joseph wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>    I have one question about the HIP connection. In the ESP connection
>> of HIP, there is a ESP_TRANSFORM parameter in HIP. There is a field
>> called "Padding" in the ESP_TRANSFORM based on the
>> draft-ietf-hip-esp-04.txt. Is this "Padding" same as the "Padding" in
>> the ESP tailer (which is 0-255 bytes)?
>
> No, it is not.
>
>> If yes, during the ESP connection, is it just set the "Padding" in ESP
>> Tailer into 0?
>
> Padding is just padding for the HIP parameter, it has not really any
> connection with ESP trailers. See base draft 06 section 5.2.1. According to
> the base draft, the padding is just zeroes.
>
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> Miika Komu                                       http://www.iki.fi/miika/
>

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