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Comments on Tuesday's meeting
It seems to me that having _many_ packet formats is undesirable
because it tends to lead to non-interoperability. However, it is not
immediately clear that having more than one format is _necessarily_
intolerable. For example, users wishing to have "authentication
without confidentiality" might well use a different format than users
having "confidentiality and authentication" because of the differing
requirements.
It is possible that IANA would seriously consider allocating a very
small number of different protocol IDs for the different packet
formats if a solid technical case were made. Having separate protocol
IDs for different formats appears likely to make implementation of
multiple formats easier.
Please note that I am not advocating multiple packet formats at this
time. I am just trying to discuss certain items relating to that open
issue. Other folks' comments are solicited.
Ran
atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
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