> It seems to me that the important point is that a host needs
> to assert something about the strength of security it requires.
> This is a property of a host, not a property of an address.
> I become more and more convinced that asserting this property
> via an address bit is both unnecessary (it can be done by
> a header field that is equally subject to authentication)
> and undesirable (overloading).
>
>    Brian
>

I fully agree. And when AH is used, the source address can also be verified,
which ties the source address and security options for that host.

- Rami

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