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Re: Comments on draft-ietf-ipsec-new-auth-00.txt
At 09:31 AM 4/18/97 -0300, Thomas Narten wrote:
>> Perhaps I am missing something important, but I've never understood the
>> justification for negotiating replay window sizes.
>
>I also agree, and have been disheartened by the number of times the
>above question has been asked but not answered. Indeed, it has been
>my impression that the vast majority of IP packets are delivered in
>order (one reason why TCP's header prediction works well in
>practice). It is rare in practice to have packets arrive out of
>order. Which begs the question of whether a window is even
>needed. Does someone have data that argues otherwise?
>
This issue has been resolved. The replay window isnot negotiated any more
and it is upto the receiver to decide what size to use. The recommended size
is 32.
Naganand
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