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Re: [tcpm] Comments on TCP-AO Draft

"Eddy, Wesley M. (GRC-RCN0)[VZ]" <Wesley.M.Eddy@nasa.gov> Tue, 18 November 2008 01:40 UTC

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From: "Eddy, Wesley M. (GRC-RCN0)[VZ]" <Wesley.M.Eddy@nasa.gov>
To: "Gregory M. Lebovitz" <gregory.ietf@gmail.com>, LANGE Andrew <Andrew.Lange@alcatel-lucent.com>, tcpm@ietf.org
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gregory M. Lebovitz [mailto:gregory.ietf@gmail.com] 
>Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:28 PM
>To: Eddy, Wesley M. (GRC-RCN0)[VZ]; LANGE Andrew; tcpm@ietf.org
>Subject: Re: [tcpm] Comments on TCP-AO Draft
>
>> > ...
>> >
>> >"..omit an explicit algorithm ID..." -- I've said this before,
>> >this is a BAD IDEA^tm. The protocol utility of doing this is
>> >minimal (1-bit increase in search space), and the operational
>> >complexity goes up.  Not to mention, it makes it operationally
>> >incompatible with existing implementations.
>>
>>
>>There was logic given to support each side of the argument.  My
>>understanding of the summary for each position is:
>>
>>(position 1 - "include") Including information like algorithm ID
>>and k-bit is BAD because it aids in debugging of implementations
>>and of configurations.
>
>Wes, did you mean to say "GOOD" instead of "BAD" in this paragraph? 
>I'll assume yes.



Yes; thanks for catching that ...

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