netdev - Re: IPsec replay sequence number overflow behavior? (RFC4303 section 3.3.3)

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Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:36:40 -0600
From:	Joy Latten <latten@...tin.ibm.com>
To:	paul.moore@...com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, kaber@...sh.net, latten@...ibm.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPsec replay sequence number overflow behavior? (RFC4303 section 3.3.3)

>Rereading the thread it's unclear to me which solution was deemed "correct".  
>I'm not a big fan of fiddling/forcing SA lifetimes unless we have no other 
>option; if someone is foolish enough to use manual keying with replay 
>protection and no mechanism to catch rollover then they most likely have 
>larger problems.  It's the whole "we'll provide you with the gun, but you 
>have to shoot yourself" argument as applied to SA lifetimes.

Also, the ipsec rfc require auotmated SA management when 
using anti-replay service and that the option be disabled 
when SAs are manually setup.

It may not stop anyone, but we can always point to rfc. :-)

Joy

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