Subject: Re: [OSPF] New Version Notification for draft-ietf-ospf-auth-trailer-ospfv3-04

From: Acee Lindem <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:31:18 -0400

This version includes the change from a 32 bit monotonically increasing sequence number to a 64 bit strictly increasing sequence number. 
The only changes are in sections 4.1, 4.5, and Appendix A. 

Thanks,
Acee
On Apr 14, 2011, at 6:11 AM, IETF I-D Submission Tool wrote:

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> A new version of I-D, draft-ietf-ospf-auth-trailer-ospfv3-04.txt has been successfully submitted by Acee Lindem and posted to the IETF repository.
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> Filename:	 draft-ietf-ospf-auth-trailer-ospfv3
> Revision:	 04
> Title:		 Supporting Authentication Trailer for OSPFv3
> Creation_date:	 2011-04-14
> WG ID:		 ospf
> Number_of_pages: 21
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> Abstract:
> Currently OSPFv3 uses IPsec for authenticating protocol packets.
> However, there are some environments, e.g., Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
> (MANETs), where IPsec is difficult to configure and maintain, and
> this mechanism cannot be used.  This draft proposes an alternative
> mechanism that can be used so that OSPFv3 does not depend upon IPsec
> for authentication.
> 
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> The IETF Secretariat.
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