NHRP is a generic protocol that converts overlay addresses in any address
family into transport addresses in any address family. The protocol works over
NBMA meaning that it can work over virtually anything (i.e. no exuberant
requirements).
There is a clean layer separation and NHRP does not need to "speak" IPsec as
you say (whatever that means).
fred
On 08 Nov 2011, at 17:18, Galina Pildush wrote:
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> NHRP is a protocol that is used to discover the shortest path through an NBMA
> cloud.It does not, however, "speak" IPSec ...
>
> Galina
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> Subject: Re: [IPsec] New -00 draft: Creating Large Scale Mesh VPNs Problem
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> RFC2332: NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
>
> I think that it is a much better thing to use something like this, than
> invent something new.
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