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Q re draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-06.txt




The following is from Section 3.3, Data Attributes of
draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-06.txt:

>  o  Attribute Value (variable length) - Value of the attribute associated
>     with the DOI-specific Attribute Type.  If the AF bit is a zero (0),
>     this field has a variable length defined by the Attribute Length
>     field and the field is right justified with zeros prepended for word
----------------------------------------------------------------------^^^^
>     alignment.  If the Attribute Value is not word aligned, the remaining
>     bits MUST be filled with 0.  If the AF bit is a one (1), the
>     Attribute Value has a length of 2 octets.
>

What is a word? 16, 32, or 64 bits?


-dpg