Darren J Moffat wrote:
> I'm missing the bigger picture here, or failing to see where it is 
> covered in the materials.
>
> Can someone draw me a simple picture of a multi node cluster using 
> this showing which IKE the client connects to originally and where and 
> how the SADB's are passed between the nodes.

Attached below is a diagram of a 2-node cluster and a brief description 
of how the client connections are handled.
>
> I think I understand how the failover happens with the switch from 
> IDLE to MATURE.  The part I'm missing is how all the SC nodes get the 
> SADB entries in the first place and how that is done securely.

The SADB is synchronized over SC private interconnects, which is a 
private LAN and is detached from all other network.
Hence I do not think we add any more vulnerability by this project.
>
> I assume the IKE DPD functionality is generally useful for non SC 
> deployments but is required by this case.
Yes.

Regards,
Thejaswini
>
> -- 
> Darren J Moffat
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