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Re: proposed IPSEC changes/extensions
Stephen Kent writes:
> This leaves the question of whether ESP should have an optional set
> of fields for compression, or if a separate header should be used. While a
> separate header is cleaner, and I ma a supported of the "do it right the
> first time" approach, I know a lot of folks are anxious to have IPSEC
> deployed, so I can appreciate the motivation for making this another
> optional part of ESP.
Does the ESP header itself have to deal with compression? Wouldn't it
be better to encrypt the compression headers along with the compressed
data?
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