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Re: [IPsec] IKE fragmentation

Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> Wed, 13 March 2013 14:58 UTC

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:58:40 -0400
From: Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca>
To: Valery Smyslov <svanru@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [IPsec] IKE fragmentation
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2013, Valery Smyslov wrote:

>> So does it make sense to say in the document that the first packet
>> must not be fragmented?
>
> If you mean draft-smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-fragmentation, that limitation must
> be already there. If it is not clear enough, I'll make it more explicit.

I have to re-read the draft again, sorry.

> Or are you talking about the fictional IETF document (not yet written)
> describing existing IKEv1 fragmentation? Probably it is better that
> the authors of that solution document it.

I don't think any IKEv1 documents will ever be written again? :)

Paul

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