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Re: Whatever happend to compression?



At 05:47 PM 5/21/96 -0400, Rodney Thayer wrote:
>sorry -- that's what I meant.  I guess I was asking this...
>
>is this combination:
>
>   original IP packet -> AH + ESP(Compression(original))
>
>something that other people are thinking about.  ESP being one payload
>scheme and Compression being another payload scheme.  I believe the RFC's
>support the concept of multiple payload schemes, right?

That is the best way IMHO.  Compression is something that should be
negotiated, just like ESP and AH.

Afterall, there are many compression schemes, some preferable over others
(read better patent terms), just like cryphers.

Robert Moskowitz
Chrysler Corporation
(810) 758-8212