Mark Townsley <m...@townsley.net> wrote:
    > My own experience attempting to use IPsec as an add-on security
    > solution (a.k.a. "pixie dust) for a protocol isn't all that
    > positive. We tried that with L2TP, and in the process failed to kill
    > off PPTP on windows clients. I can't tell you how many times over the
    > years I've had to point people to the Windows Registry setting to
    > disable IPsec with L2TP. OSPFv3 is another one where I get complaints
    > about requiring IPsec. So, I agree with Ted; We should be wary of
    > falling into the trap of using IPsec just because it is there.

That's a poor example for several reasons that have nothing to do with HNCP,
and so I won't go into them here.  (and I do have tons of L2TP code in the
field, sadly)

--
Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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