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Re: [IPsec] Avoiding Authentication Header (AH)

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Tue, 03 January 2012 04:09 UTC

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>>>>> "Jack" == Jack Kohn <kohn.jack@gmail.com> writes:
    Jack> And last but certainly not the least, why cant somebody use
    Jack> ESP-NULL in the tunnel mode to protect the IP headers
    Jack> (including FIPS-188 IP option that i have never seen anyone
    Jack> ever using).

Someone can.
Nothing stopping anyone.

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