>>>>> "Hallam-Baker," == Hallam-Baker, Phillip <pbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> From: Fred Baker [mailto:fred@xxxxxxxxx] >> >> On Feb 28, 2007, at 8:02 AM, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: >> >> > The core assumption here seems to be that NAT is a bad thing >> so lets > get rid of NAT rather than trying to make NAT work. >> > ... > The only protocol which really cares about the source >> and destination > IP addresses is IPSEC and we have discovered >> that is a design error. >> >> I guess you haven't been around the applications that have >> trouble with this very much. Hallam-Baker,> As I explained to you in private, you missed the Hallam-Baker,> point here. My statement was carefully chosen and Hallam-Baker,> the language very precise. You missed it. Hallam-Baker,> IPSEC is as far as I am aware the only application Hallam-Baker,> where the actual value of the sending and receiving Hallam-Baker,> address is critical. This is because they are Hallam-Baker,> cryptographically signed with a MAC address. I think this is more a statement about what protocols you've spent a lot of time with than about what people have done. in most IPsec deployments and in all of the other security protocols that have the same flaw. Other examples include Kerberos, GSS-API (in some cases) and SASL (in some cases). Fortunately it was easier to fix these than IPsec. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf