Re: [IPsec] One answer to sec 2.5 question about payloads in order

[Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org>]

At 10:00 PM -0400 9/9/08, Dan McDonald wrote:
>In section 2.5, there is this:
>
>    NOTE TO IMPLEMENTERS: Does anyone require that the payloads be in the
>    order shown in the figures in Section 2?  Can we eliminate the
>    requirement in the following paragraph?  If not, we will probably
>    have to add a new appendix with the order, but there is no reason to
>    do that if no one actually cares. {{ Remove this paragraph before the
>    document is finalized, of course. }}
>
>I don't think having the payloads in a specific order is going to present a
>problem.  Just as long as we have a clear direction on what to do in the
>presence of malformed payloads (e.g. Two instances of an IDi payload in one
>packet is an error, right?), and what payloads MUST/SHOULD/MAY be there, I
>think we're in okay shape.
>
>I didn't see any previous e-mails on this, but I may have missed someone else
>chiming in.

You did not. Other chiming is appreciated.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium
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