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Re: Photuris questions



> From: Hilarie Orman <ho@cs.arizona.edu>
> No, not really.  The initiator must indicate it supports at least one
> hash method, and the responder is free to choose this with AH as its
> corresponding security association, without being aware that the
> initiator expects, desires, frantically demands ESP in return.
>
How can it frantically "demand" ESP when the peer doesn't support it?


> If the responder refuses to accede to the expectations of the initiator,
> it would be nice for the two of them to part with mutual understanding of
> the cause of their estrangement.  In the current situation, the responder
> would be baffled if the exchange terminated abnormally.
>
Ahhh, you want another Photuris error message!  Good idea!  Why didn't
you say so in the first place?

Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu
          Key fingerprint =  2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3  59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2


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