(usagi-users 03882) AW: Re: IPsec + multicast

["Fey Marcus" <Fey@xxxxxxx>]

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>Von: Valdis.Kletnieks@...
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juli 2007 18:22
>An: usagi-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Betreff: (usagi-users 03878) Re: IPsec + multicast
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>On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:41:50 +0200, Fey Marcus said:
>> the company I'm working for has a strong interest in IPv6. 
>One of the 
>> main topics is having a router perform IPsec on multicast packets 
>> which isn't working so far.
>
>What functionality will a *router* be able to do with IPsec?  
>Remember, IPsec is mostly of interest to *the end hosts*.
>

Unfortunately the "mostly" doesn't apply in our case.

The router is supposed to en-/decrypt the packets (destined for multicast addresses) coming from trusted networks behind it. 

net1 -(plain)-> router1 -(encrypted)-> internet -(encrypted)-> router2 -(plain)-> net2


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