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Re: What can applications running over ipsec assume?
> My own view is that the ipsec layer should pass the security characteristics
> of a received packet up to the transport layer. It, in turn, must
> match those characteristics against what the user has requested. Packets
> that don't meet those requirements are dropped.
>
This seems sensible. It implies modifications to APIs at 2 layer boundaries.
I guess if there was work proceeding to define these API changes you would
have mentioned it...
Bob Smart
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