Re: threats ID

[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Ayyasamy, Senthilkumar;

> > > So in some meaningful sense, IPSEC is above the IP layer,
> > > even if there is a document telling us that we're not supposed to
> > > think about it that way.
> >
> > Hugh? Your point was not technical but lack of IETF consensus.

> ok.

So, you are wrong, completely.

> Can you provide a citation (RFC) which illustrates your 
> statement:
>  
>    > There is no such thing as layer 3.5.
>    > Network layer solutions are at layer 3, 
>    > transport layer solutions are at layer 4. 
>    > PERIOD   

You should ask it Brian, because he said 3.5 first.

But, I recommend you do it privately. No carbon copying to me
is necessary.

> As another example, transport advertises that it is ECN enabled
> but congestion notification is given by the routers at network
> level.

That's perfectly fine layering.

Are you saying so, or are you saying you are not sure?

						Masataka Ohta