need of information on a selector field

SALLE Mathias <matsal@hplb.hpl.hp.com> Thu, 19 November 1998 14:57 UTC

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hello,

can someone help me with the following problem:

reference: draft-ietf-ipsec-arch-sec-07.txt

paragraph: 4.4.2 selector

problem:
I don't really understand the use of the Name field of a selector. What
is it for? How this field is extracted from a IP packet in order to
match an entry in the SPD?

regards,

mathias
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