Re: Vendor Extensions

[Paul Hoffman / VPNC <paul.hoffman@xxxxxxxx>]

At 11:44 AM -0400 7/23/02, Charlie_Kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>  > Steve Bellovin, Security Area Director, strongly commented that any
> drafts
> >  that contained specific vendor extensions would cause the IESG to be
> >  concerned and may even cause it to be rejected.  He states this in his
>  > capacity of Area Director, not as a co-author of the JFK draft.
>
> Could we get clarification of IESG policy on vendor extensions and also
> feedback from the working group on their usefulness?

Did Steve say "vendor extensions" or "specific vendor extensions"? 
Clarification would be helpful here.

> 1) Is anyone using the field in IKEv1?

If you do packet dumps while watching many IPsec systems 
interoperate, you will see that many (possibly most) vendors use them 
in IKEv1.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium