Re: FW: ESP and header compression (ROHC)

[Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com>]

At 9:26 PM +0200 4/13/03, Yaron Sheffer wrote:
>(please reply to both lists)
>
>Below is my question to Steve Kent (author of the new rev of ESP, and
>co-author of the original RFC) and his reply. I understand that IPCOMP is
>inferior to ROHC for RTP streams, and I'd like to hear other opinions
>regarding the usefulness of an "ROHC" indicator in ESP.
>
>This might certaily add complexity to IPSec, but if you make it
>non-negotiable and non-mandatory, it cannot be too terrible.
>
>Thanks,
>	Yaron

Yaron,

If the ability to do this was "non-negotiable and non-mandatory" how 
would two IPsec peers know when to do this?

Steve