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Re: [IPsec] Avoiding Authentication Header (AH)

"Bhatia, Manav (Manav)" <manav.bhatia@alcatel-lucent.com> Tue, 03 January 2012 00:54 UTC

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From: "Bhatia, Manav (Manav)" <manav.bhatia@alcatel-lucent.com>
To: RJ Atkinson <rja.lists@gmail.com>, IPsec ME WG List <ipsec@ietf.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:24:00 +0530
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And most of these are considered dangerous and are generally discouraged.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6398

Cheers, Manav 

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From: ipsec-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ipsec-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of RJ Atkinson
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Subject: Re: [IPsec] Avoiding Authentication Header (AH)


On 02  Jan 2012, at 19:21 , Jack Kohn wrote:

> And last but certainly not the least, why cant somebody use ESP-NULL 
> in the tunnel mode to protect the IP headers (including FIPS-188 IP 
> option that i have never seen anyone ever using).

As noted originally, those options need to be seen and their contents considered by transit devices. 

Ran

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