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Re: New draft -- IPSEC AH
> > - We'll change the max counter value to 2^32 (from 2^32-1) to
> > reflect the previous change.
>
> Note that 2^32 is the upper bound on the number of packets transmitted on an
> SA; the max counter value is still 2^32-1.
Correct. 2^32 fits in with the current text that uses the word
"prior", so it will now implicitly specify that 2^32-1 is the highest
value to appear within the sequence # on the wire. Before, the largest
value sent was 2^32-2.
-- Marc --