Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating

Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> Mon, 08 June 2020 17:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>, Joe Touch <touch@strayalpha.com>
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From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
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On 6/8/20 10:16 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 10:11:09AM -0700, Joe Touch wrote:
>>> On Jun 8, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
>>> i assume that you can hack ipsec to emulate clients not having certs.
>> It is called BTNS.  See RFC 5387.
> Yes, but you also need RFC5660 implementations to make it more
> meaningful.  Still, if all you want is error detection, BTNS will do.


this is undoubtedly a complete rehash, but who controls what the root 
CA's are with ipsec? is that something that the application layer has 
some say-so over? could my app say i don't care who the root CA is?

Mike