Hi Team,

One more question.
The INVALID_SYNTAX notify in response to missing payload in IKE_AUTH should
be send encrypted using DH keys or unencrypted ?

Thanks,
raj

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:12 AM, raj singh <rsjen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Yoav,
>
> If check for mandatory payloads per exchange type is MUST, if it fails we
> MUST return INVALID_SYNTAX, why we are not saying it explicitly in the draft
> ? Putting it clearly in the draft make more sense and avoids many
> confusions.
>
> Thanks,
> Raj
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Yoav Nir <y...@checkpoint.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> > Let me suggest a situation where perhaps I would like to
>> > bring up an IKE_SA and not a CHILD_SA: it might be for just
>> > sending initial contact, and perhaps even a DELETE.
>> >
>> > I sometimes move quickly from being "outside" my IPsec
>> > gateway/firewall (such as being on wireless), to being wired
>> > behind the gateway, where I do not need IPsec.  The DPD
>> > doesn't kick off fast enough, and my traffic goes to where I
>> > am no longer.  It would be nice to bring up the IKE_SA (or...
>> > haha, resume it), just so that I can send a delete and/or
>> > initial_contact.
>>
>> A far more common situation is when I'm "outside", not moving anywhere,
>> and I want to connect.  I haven't even opened my mail client yet, or
>> launched the browser (because those thing hate it when the VPN client
>> changes routing to addresses they are trying to reach).
>>
>> The reason I want to connect before everything else, is that connecting
>> involves some effort (typing the PKCS#12 password, entering a username and
>> password, copying the OTP from the cellphone to the computer...). I want to
>> get this over with, but there's still no packet to derive selectors from.
>>
>> With IKEv1 we had the separate Main Mode and then Quick Mode. Now we can't
>> do Main Mode without attempting Quick Mode.
>>
>> > Seems like to do this, once needs to include a
>> > known-to-be-unacceptable CHILD_SA proposal.
>>
>> Actually it doesn't have to be acceptable, as the IKE_AUTH will succeed
>> even if the piggy-backed CHILD_SA fails.
>>
>> Now I would never suggest that anyone use a traffic selectors type from
>> the private range (241-255) which is almost guaranteed to fail...
>>
>> Yoav
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