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RE: Very quick, very basic



Well assuming that you are sending TCP (and not UDP or ICMP) you are
correct...

Bill

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Tiller [mailto:jtiller@lucent.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 8:30 AM
> To: ipsec@lists.tislabs.com
> Subject: Very quick, very basic
> 
> 
> Please excuse the silliness.
> 
> The next header field in ESP contains an 8-bit value to represent the
> header contained within the encrypted payload.
> So, this is how I read it, please verify the
> following for me:
> 
> ESP used in tunnel mode -next header = 4 for IP-in-IP
> ESP used in transport mode -next header = 6 for TCP.
> 
> True or false? Or is it reversed?
> 
> A very grateful thank you in advance.
> 
> -jim
> 
> 
> 
> 



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