[anonsec] A note about connection latchin.

Stephen Kent kent at bbn.com
Mon Sep 10 10:44:32 PDT 2007


At 5:07 PM -0500 9/7/07, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>The connection latching I-D puts forward two informative models.  The
>next version, which I'm working on right now, will make one of those
>models normative.
>
>The two models, you might recall, are:
>
>a) ULPs interface with IPsec via "template" PAD and SPD entries that get
>    "cloned" upon triggering events.
>
>    For example, a TCP connect() would create a template PAD entry with
>    the connection's 5-tuple as child SA constraints, prior to sending
>    the TCP SYN packet.  A TCP listen() would create a template PAD entry
>    with the listener's 3-tuple as child SA constraints, prior to
>    accepting any TCP SYN packets.

For SPD entries, the applicable term is "populate from packet" and we 
have a flag for that.  PAD entries don't have 5-tuples, so did you 
mean SPD above? If so, do you want to specify the template PAD entry 
separately above?

Steve
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