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Re: UUNET Network Encryption Patents



I'm not an IP lawyer (though we have one who works here), but this

> Both network ports have the same network address, making the device
transparent
> to the local area network in which it is spliced. The device operates by
> selectively encrypting or decrypting only the data portion of a data packet,
> leaving the routing information contained in the header and  trailer portions
> of the data packet unchanged.

Would seem to leave IPsec in the free and clear (so to speak.)

Jim


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