On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:06:14 -0400 RJ Atkinson <rja@inet.org> wrote:
At 13:47 10/09/01, Richard Welty wrote:
in the case of IPSec, the IP addresses need to be preserved end-to-end as part of the whole security scheme.
True, but ONLY because the Internet Architecture lacks an alternative namespace that could identify the box associated with a given network interface. (The IP address is used in this context to identify the network interface associated with the Security Association). So that's all true today, but is driven by a shortcoming in the Internet Architecture.
perhaps, but this doesn't invalidate either his question or my answer to it. this whole discussion is really pointless due to the fact that right this minute, reality sucks, and cannot be instantly fixed by a stupid flame war. richard -- Richard Welty Averill Park Networking rwelty@averillpark.net 518-573-7592