If DNSSEC were deployed, I see no reason why SAs could not be
bound to domain names.
Donald
From: RJ Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:45:43 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sean Doran)
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> The root issue with ESP/AH and NAT is that the Internet
>Architecture does not currently have a sufficiently rich set
>of namespaces. In the world of the current Internet Architecture,
>ESP and AH are forced to bind SAs to addresses. In a different
>world, they might be able to bind SAs to a different name. Some
>folks are exploring which, if any, additional namespaces might
>make sense to add to the architecture. As this is research,
>not engineering, it is largely happening in the IRTF for now.
>If something comes of it, no doubt an I-D or two will appear
>online for perusal...
>
>Ran