Hi Stephen,

It said "...using a strong security mechanism such as IPsec [RFC4301]". Here 
IPsec is just mentioned as an example of a strong security mechanism. 
Therefore, it doesn't exclude MACsec.

Best regards,
Xiaohu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Farrell [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 9:47 PM
> To: Alvaro Retana (aretana); Xuxiaohu; The IESG
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Stephen Farrell's Discuss on draft-ietf-bess-virtual-subnet-06: 
> (with
> DISCUSS and COMMENT)
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone say why the mention of MACsec wasn't included?
> As I understand it, MACsec is what's mostly usable for inter-DC security so
> omitting it seems like a bad idea (or perhaps I'm misinformed)
> 
> Thanks,
> S.
> 
> On 14/12/15 13:34, Alvaro Retana (aretana) wrote:
> > Stephen:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Xiaohu posted an update that we hope addresses your concerns.  Pelase
> > take a look.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Alvaro.
> >
> >
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