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RE: clear ports

To: "ipsec@TIS.COM" <ipsec@TIS.COM>
Subject: RE: clear ports
From: Brad Wilson <crucial@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:47:08 -0400
Sender: ipsec-approval@neptune.tis.com

Greg Minshall wrote:

>> I guess i'm not convinced that a priori it is necessary to require that ESP 
>> cover up the protocol/ports.

...

>> Below is (what i believe to be) the IPSEC charter; i don't believe that it 
>> answers the question "to encrypt ports/protocol or not to encrypt 
>> ports/protocol?".

...

>> The IP Security Protocol Working Group (IPSEC) will 
>> develop mechanisms to protect client protocols of IP.

This certainly sounds like "protecting protocol and port" information.  At
the very least, it would seem that there is a strong desire to protect these
things, regardless of whether or not the actual words "encrypt ports and
protocols" are present in the very short summary that you point to.

Brad

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