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Re: Death to AH (was Re: SA identification)



On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, FUKUMOTO Atsushi wrote:
> > (Note, for example, IESG's recently-expressed doubts about
> > whether the authentication requirements of Binding Updates can really be
> > met using AH.)
> 
> I have read it as a doubt to the use of IPSec in general, rather than
> AH alone...  Was I wrong?

You are correct, but you've missed the implication:  this is an alleged
"requirement for AH" which, on closer examination, cannot actually be
satisfied by AH (or ESP).  So it's not a requirement for AH at all, and
cannot be used to justify keeping AH.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry@spsystems.net



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