[anonsec] [MULTIMOBSEC-API] Re: first steps in APIs

[Miika Komu]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, marcelo bagnulo braun wrote:

> I don't know...

I think there is some overlap even between shim6 and btns, but the overlap 
is somewhat marginal. Consider these examples:

* You could request current IPsec security parameters from shim6 module
   and it would tell you that there is none
* To set-up BTNS IPsec policies and associations, you also need locators

However, there is no reason why these APIs couldn't be decoupled.

> what about MOBIKE? wouldn't mobike need similar locator management and 
> failure detection functions?
>
> what about MIP? (with the HA) in this case we would need to manage 
> multiple locators and deal with failure detection over the IPSec tunnel 
> with the HA...
>
> but again, i don't really know just exploring

There is some overlap, but I think it is possible to abstract it. HIP is 
the common denominator, so HIP people need to make sure that the "gray 
area" is covered in the drafts.

In any case, it would be very useful for everyone to review all drafts 
with a close attention what their working group wants from the APIs.

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Miika Komu              miika at iki.fi          http://www.iki.fi/miika/