[anonsec] Connection latching by default?

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams at sun.com> writes:

    Nicolas> Solaris creates connection latches for all connected
    Nicolas> sockets by default, whether the application requested it
    Nicolas> or not.

    Nicolas> The just-submitted
    Nicolas> draft-ietf-btns-connection-latching-05.txt says:

    Nicolas>                         Implementations MAY create IPsec
    Nicolas> channels automatically by default when the application
    Nicolas> does not request an IPsec channel.

    Nicolas> But I see no reason not to make that a SHOULD.  Dan
    Nicolas> thinks it should be a SHOULD.

    Nicolas> Others, however, may disagree.

I think you need to have strong support for making it a should;
silence is not enough on this point.