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Contradictory language in the 2401bis draft section 4.1?



Am I misreading the text?  I believe there is contradictory text in
section 4.1 (draft-ietf-ipsec-rfc2401bis-02.txt).

On one hand, in the third full paragraph on page 10, I read:

"... transport mode MAY be used between security gateways or between a
security gateway and a host."

On the other hand, in the paragraph that spans pages 11 and 12, I read:

"In general, whenever either end of a security association is a security
gateway, the SA MUST be tunnel mode."

I suspect the text following this sentence (citing an example of SNMP
commands destined to the security gateway system) clarifies this.  Still,
I wonder whether I am entirely alone in finding the text somewhat confusing.

                    - Ken