At 12:05 PM 6/1/00 +0100, salavat wrote:

>I am a bit confused by the acronims used in IETF drafts, e.g. in some places
>SPI stands for Security Parameter Index, in others Indentifier. The same
>with ESP (Payload or Protocol). There are a lot of such acronims, and
>although in shown examples it does not make much difference I met several
>very confusing. Is there any document specifying the use and meaning of
>acronims?

Check out FYI 36 (RFC 2828), "Internet Security Glossary" for canonical
definitions.

-pl




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