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Re: IPComp rfc2393bis-00




>>	If you would like to negotiate the existence/support for IPComp 
>>	at each end, you will need to perform IKE negotiation for well-known
>>	CPI.  Is there any other way available for us to check such a
>>	situation?
>>
>>	Problem: node A has IPComp support, node B has no IPComp support.
>>	Under your assumption node A will be using well-known CPI IPComp
>>	without negotiating with node B.  Packets will be dropped at node B.
>Node A has to offer CPI + Protocol ID + Transform(s)
>where 
>   The CPI is sent in the SPI field of the proposal, with the SPI size
>   field set to match.
>[...]
>   In the Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation (DOI), IPComp is
>   negotiated as the Protocol ID PROTO_IPCOMP.  The compression
>   algorithm is negotiated as one of the defined IPCOMP Transform
>   Identifiers.
>What is missing?

	Thanks for clarification, I did not notice the following.  I would
	add a word ONLY, like "and are used ONLY for manual setup".

>>	0-63 define well-known compression algorithms, which require no
>>	additional information, and are used for manual setup.  The
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itojun






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