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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:28:33 -0800 (AKDT)
From: "Thomas D. Simes" <simestd@alaska.net>
To: "Angelos D. Keromytis" <angelos@dsl.cis.upenn.edu>
cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>,
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Subject: Re: SKIP problems 
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On Thu, 28 May 1998, Angelos D. Keromytis wrote:

> In message <199805281840.LAA00771@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes:
> >
> >... thus making it incapable of interoperation with the various other 
> >platforms which do.  That's Bad.
> >
> 
> Not that many platforms use SKIP. IPsec is the IP security standard,
> and not SKIP. No point supporting a bad standard-wannabe.
> - -Angelos

At the risk of asking an obvious question - how is IPsec currently
implemented in FreeBSD?  SKIP is something that can be used now - it may
not be the best solution, but it is something that can be implemented
today.

Tom
 
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Thomas D. Simes                            Chief Technology Instigator  
simestd@alaska.net                              Internet Alaska 
                 You are what you do when it counts.
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