Re: what 's the use of ID payloads in Main mode of preshared key?

[Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>]

dxh <sleepy-cat@263.net> writes:

> 	Are they  used to authenticate? I see no need.

Yes, they are used for authentication.  How else are the endpoints
supposed to indentify each other?  Just using the IP address is
insufficient, because you may have a host that has a dynamic address
(e.g. a road warrior connection).

-derek

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