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	Title		: Understanding IKEv2: Tutorial, and rationale for 
                          decisions
	Author(s)	: R. Perlman
	Filename	: draft-ietf-ipsec-ikev2-tutorial-01.txt
	Pages		: 15
	Date		: 2003-3-5
	
The main job of a protocol specification is to document how the
protocol works. It is sometimes difficult to learn how a protocol
works from such a document, because there are so many details, and
the necessary formalism for accuracy makes a specification long and
intimidating to read. What also is usually lost in the process of
creating an RFC for a protocol is documentation of the tradeoffs that
were considered when making controversial choices.  Sometimes it is
possible to find this information on the email archives, but that is
a daunting task.  This document is intended to work both as a
tutorial to understanding IKEv2, and a summary of the controversial
issues, with the reasoning on all sides of each issue.  If any
differences in details exist between this document and the IKEv2
specification, the IKEv2 specification is authoritative. This
document is intended only to make the IKEv2 specification more
understandable on the first reading, as well as documenting reasoning
behind decisions.

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