Re: [IPsec] WESP - Roadmap Ahead

[Jack Kohn <kohn.jack at gmail.com>]

>
> Whoops, I was wrong. I looked at 4552 and they do cite ESP-NULL (although
> they never refer to it that way) as a MUST, and AH as a MAY.

Ok, so can we work on deprecating AH? This way new standards defined
in other WGs dont have to provide support for AH.

Jack

>
> I probably was confused because the authors did not understand the IPsec
> model as per RFC 4301, when I sat down and talked with them over 3 years
> ago, with Sam Hartman in his SEC AD role. I am amazed that, in the final
> analysis, they did try to adhere to the 4301 model (see section 11)!
>
> I don't know if any other apps have done what I thought (erroneously) had
> been done here.
>
> Steve
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