>>>>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:50:59 +0200, 
>>>>> Francis Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>  In your previous mail you wrote:
>    Basically, I don't have a problem with your suggestion, but I have a
>    couple of questions:
   
>    1. Isn't the notion of "traffic selector" specific to IKEv2?  If so,
>       should we explicitly say IKEv2 in the example?

> => the term is but not the notion. In fact the notion is from the
> architecture (RFC 2401) when SPD (Security Policy Database) entries
> are described. IMHO this is a good example of what the proper terminology
> can give, so why sulk it?

I don't mind to use the term "traffic selector", but I'm wondering
if it might be better to use IKEv2.

>    2. I'm not sure if "a traffic selector of a security association" is
>       the accurate wording.

> => there are many possible addresses related to a security association
> (1 to 4 in RFC 2401, IKE and PF_KEY) so we need to be as accurate as
> possible.

>       If we really want to use the notion of
>       "traffic selector", shouldn't we rather simply say "traffic
>       selector" (without security association)?
   
> => I don't know. Of course this is not ambiguous for me...
> Perhaps it is time to get an advice from our security area director?

Perhaps, but I don't know if we can expect an answer considering the
silence so far...

                                        JINMEI, Tatuya
                                        Communication Platform Lab.
                                        Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
                                        [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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