netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC ipsec-next 0/7] ipsec: add TCP encapsulation support (RFC 8229)

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Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:59:11 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC ipsec-next 0/7] ipsec: add TCP encapsulation support
 (RFC 8229)

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 04:18:14PM +0200, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> Hi Steffen,
> 
> 2019-06-25, 12:11:33 +0200, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> > This patchset introduces support for TCP encapsulation of IKE and ESP
> > messages, as defined by RFC 8229 [0]. It is an evolution of what
> > Herbert Xu proposed in January 2018 [1] that addresses the main
> > criticism against it, by not interfering with the TCP implementation
> > at all. The networking stack now has infrastructure for this: TCP ULPs
> > and Stream Parsers.
> 
> Have you had a chance to look at this?  I was going to rebase and
> resend, but the patches still apply to ipsec-next and net-next (patch
> 2 is already in net-next as commit bd95e678e0f6).

I had a look and I have no general objection against this. If you
think the patchset is ready for inclusion, just remove the RFC and
resend it. I'll have a closer on it look then.