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RE: Simplifying IKE



                                                                                                                         
                    Stephen Kent                                                                                         
                    <kent@bbn.com>             To:     Chris Trobridge <CTrobridge@baltimore.com>                        
                    Sent by:                   cc:     ipsec@lists.tislabs.com                                           
                    owner-ipsec@lists.t        Subject:     RE: Simplifying IKE                                          
                    islabs.com                                                                                           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                    08/15/01 06:36 PM                                                                                    
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         








>As an aside, is there a 'standard' way for an application to request a
>specific IPSEC policy for its traffic?

No. APIs for IPsec have not been standardized.

So, you wouldn't consider PF_KEY to be a standard API for use with IPsec?
I don't like it much personally, as it isn't as flexible as RFC 2401 would
allow an API to be, but still, it is there....






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