Re: [IPsec] draft-kivinen-ipsecme-esp-null-heuristics comments

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

At 9:52 AM +0200 2/5/09, Yaron Sheffer wrote:
>Hi Gabriel,
> 
>This thread is precisely the discussion that Paul mentions.
> 
>The two alternatives I see on the table right now (Paul might have different opinions) are:
> 
>-          Publish a modified/wrapped ESP as Standards Track, and heuristics as an extra Informational.
>-          Decide that heuristics are a sufficient solution for the problem, and publish it as the only ipsecme work item related to this charter item.
> 
>Paul and I would like to see more discussion and hopefully WG consensus being formed, now that we have a real heuristics I-D for everyone to analyze.

I fully agree with Yaron on all counts. If the WG thinks that heuristics is sufficient, we should not publish a protocol change. If the WG doesn't think heuristics are sufficient, the authors can publish it as an individual submission or an independent submission.

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