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Re: [IPsec] WESP - Roadmap Ahead

Jack Kohn <kohn.jack@gmail.com> Tue, 17 November 2009 00:19 UTC

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:49:13 +0530
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From: Jack Kohn <kohn.jack@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [IPsec] WESP - Roadmap Ahead
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There multiple "implementation specific" optimizations available. One
such optimization that is currently in use in multiple platforms is:

Do the seq number check, and then place the packets in different
priority queues/paths based on the kind of packet it is. Proprietary
ASICs on the routers can easily do this and its one of those things
that differentiate one vendor from the other.

Jack

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> wrote:
> At 7:50 PM +0530 11/16/09, Bhatia, Manav (Manav) wrote:
>>
>> This is an implementation specific optimization that has already been
>> solved in multiple implementations.
>>
>> Cheers, Manav
>
> Is the phrase "implementation specific" a euphemism for non-standard?
>
> Steve
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