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Re: proposed IPSEC changes/extensions
Bob,
I sent my message prior to receiving any of your responses this
morning; sorry if I may have jumped the gun! The group needs to decide if
we are going to try to get compression, maybe just a place holder for
compression, into ESP at this juncture. One of your messages from earlier
today argued that there is generic utility for IP-layer compression,
independent of ESP. This might argue for a separate protocol, rather than
an ESP-specific instance of a generic protocol. I'm really quite neutral
here; if there is agreement that providing for compression in ESP (vs. a
separate protocol) is a good idea, I'll put in the hooks for it as
specified by those of you who have been working the problem. One the other
hand, I do see both the concern over delaying ESP to add in the requisite
hooks, or the delay associated with introducing a new compression protocol
for use at the IP layer, independent of ESP. Both arguments have merit.
Steve