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Re: Position of certificate payload in IKE Aggressive Mode as Initiator



Jyothi

At 05:11 PM 8/9/01 +0530, jyothi wrote:
>Hi,
>      Kindly clarify the following doubt.
>
>      Scenario :  IKE Phase 1 Negotiation (Aggressive Mode) authenticated
>with signatures
>      As an Initiator, can the certificate payload be sent in first message
>or is it mandatory to be sent in third message only. In the subsection
>Certificate Payload of section ISAKMP Payloads contained in RFC 2408, the
>following statement is present. "The Certificate Payload MUST be accepted at
>any point during an exchange". I understand from this statement that the
>responder has to accept Certificate payload either in first message or third
>message, which in turn provides the base for the assunption that initiator
>can send the certificate payload in first msg or third msg.

I think NO, looking at the section 5.1.


-cheers
-ramana



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