Re: IPCOMP and IPSEC

Naganand Doraswamy <naganand@BayNetworks.COM> Thu, 28 May 1998 13:15 UTC

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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 08:54:28 -0400
To: Stephen Waters <Stephen.Waters@digital.com>, ippcp@external.cisco.com, ipsec@tis.com
From: Naganand Doraswamy <naganand@BayNetworks.COM>
Subject: Re: IPCOMP and IPSEC
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>If this is supported, is it detailed anywhere?  For example, if an
>Explicit IV is used, would it come after the ESP header or after the
>IPCOMP header?
>

You construct the ESP payload in the same fashion for any protocol payload
you are carrying. ESP treats IPCOMP as an other protocol- IP, TCP.
--Naganand

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