IP compression of entire datagram

Michael Giniger <mginiger@tiac.net> Wed, 02 September 1998 14:58 UTC

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Hi

I was reading through the IP compression draft and it appears that the
draft only intends for IP compression to be performed on the payload
portion of IP packets.  In the case of  IP security gateways that
operate in tunnel mode, is it correct (and standards compliant) to
perform IP compression on the entire inner IP datagram instead of just
the payload portion of the inner IP datagram?

Thanks in advance

sincerely
Michael Giniger
Assured Digital, Inc.