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draft-ietf-mpls-in-ip-or-gre-04.txt

  • From: Yakov Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net>
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:17:06 -0800
  • cc: Rahul Aggarwal <rahul@juniper.net>, mpls@UU.NET, "" <zinin@psg.com>

Eric,

> Rahul> IESG  indeed   requested  more  details  with   respect  to  security
> Rahul> considerations when IPsec is used and how to use IPsec to secure MPLS
> Rahul> packets. I don't think that  implies adding all the procedures to the
> Rahul> security considerations of this draft. 
> 
> I note that you have not  raised a technical objection to the added content,
> so I don't really see that there is an issue.
> 
> In determining  how much detail to  put in, I was  guided by draft-bellovin-
> useipsec-02.txt, which  gives an  example of how  much detail  is desirable.
> Since the object  of this exercise is to get Steve  Bellovin to withdraw his
> objection, it seems reasonable to follow the guidelines of that draft ;-)
> 
> Unless  you have  a technical  objection, we  should focus  on  whether more
> detail is necessary in order to get through the IESG.  

I think we also should focus on whether more detail is necessary
to have multi-vendor interoperable implementations of MPLS over IPSec.

Yakov.