Re: IP Protocol 50

From: Joseph V. Morris (jvmorris_at_erols.com)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:31:57 -0500

Dave,

If you look up RFC 2406 and RFC 2402, you find that both of these protocols
are, indeed, available on IPv4 as well as IPv6.

In other words, his argument is with the labeling of the protocol on the
IANA site, which is all that I bothered to look up.

""Crash" Dummy" <dvader@deathstar.mil> wrote in message
news:vv3esdngam9qa6@corp.supernews.com...
> > IPSec traffic consists of three components. UDP/500 is used for ISAKMP
> >key negotiations. IP protocol 50 carries the Authentication Header
> >traffic, and IP protocol 51 carries the encapsulating security payload.
>
> So what is the conflict with IANA?

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