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Re: Increased sequence number in ESP/AH
>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> writes:
Stephen> My proposal calls for the extended sequence numbers to NOT occupy any
Stephen> more space in the ESP or AH headers. Instead, use of these numbers
Stephen> would be negotiated by IKE, so that interoperability would be
So, as I understand this note, it simply allows to hosts to agree to not
rekey after 2^32 packets, but rather go to a much higher number.
I can see the benefit of this for extremely high bandwidth devices, but
even at OC-768 is it really necessary?
Is there more than you can tell about the intended application of this?
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