Re: [tcpm] tcpsecure: how strong to recommend?

Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> Tue, 25 September 2007 16:52 UTC

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:52:05 -0700
From: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU>
To: "Agarwal, Anil" <Anil.Agarwal@viasat.com>
Subject: Re: [tcpm] tcpsecure: how strong to recommend?
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:04:15AM -0400, Agarwal, Anil wrote:
> All,
> 
> On Tue 9/25/2007, Wesley Eddy wrote:
> 
> > I was at the meeting, and I think my hand is included in the 
> > "all MAYs"
> > above.  My personal opinion was that regardless of licensing 
> > terms, I think having known IPR on something that we 
> > recommend all TCP hosts to do is distasteful.  Since the 
> > tcpsecure solution isn't generally useful, but only needed 
> > for specific cases, and the antispoof document described 
> > alternatives, I don't feel that the benefits of SHOULD 
> > outweigh the downside, so I'll say "all MAYs" again.
> 
> I am surprised to hear that these TCP enhancements carry IPR 
> and licensing terms.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/421/

> 
> Are there other standard or standards-track TCP enhancements 
> that require licensing?

Not so many.  You can look for yourself at: 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/about/

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