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Re: draft spec and pilot implementation
There is no consensus on what the IP Security Protocol should look
like. There are at least 3 serious contenders. I am told that part
of the US DoD is funding development of IP/NLSP implementations. A
trio of researchers in the private sector have already developed a
prototype called "swIPe". The SP3 security protocol is commercially
available now (as in the US Navy uses SP3 daily to protect sensitive
traffic).
There are no known Internet Drafts of any sort relating to the IP
Security work, at least to my knowledge/recollection. This is clearly
a serious standards process problem in this working group because lack
of I-Ds (and the de facto reliance on sundry NIST and ISO specs) makes
the process less open to peer review on the Internet and is not normal
IETF procedure.
Ran
atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
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