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Re: ipsec error protocol



Stephen Kent wrote:
> >Obviously, no retransmission of any sort nor any expectation in the
> >order of arrival (replay detection stays as it is): we just ack the
> >biggest packet ID received (piggy backed if possible).
> 
> I have to admit that, at this point in the exchange (and trying to
> deal with threads o other lists at the same time) that I'm lost. What
> problem are we trying to solve? Is it the loss of state at the other
> IPsec device, or the parallel crypto chip and sequence number problem
> that Dan raised?

the loss of state (and only that).

> Steve


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