[IPsec] Updated ESP/AH algorithm I-D

"Frankel, Sheila E." <sheila.frankel@nist.gov> Tue, 12 March 2013 14:03 UTC

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Hi David and Wajdi,

Your updated ESP/AH algorithm doc looks great, and is very much needed. I just have one comment. You speak of the 2 services provided by ESP and AH as confidentiality and "data origin authentication." As I'm sure you know, authentication is used in different ways by different communities. I believe that in most of the IPsec docs the 1st service is referred to interchangeably as encryption and confidentiality; the 2nd service is interchangeably referred to as authentication and integrity protection. However, in RFC 4303 (ESP) it states: "Data origin authentication and connectionless integrity are joint services, hereafter referred to jointly as "integrity"." In your doc, the integrity-protection aspect is not mentioned at all, and I believe that is a critical oversight.

Sheila Frankel