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Re: [IPsec] Avoiding Authentication Header (AH)

RJ Atkinson <rja.lists@gmail.com> Tue, 03 January 2012 00:47 UTC

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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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