[email protected] writes:
> Yaron Sheffer wrote:
> 
> >> {{ Clarif-2.3 }} Retransmissions of the IKE_SA_INIT request require
> >> some special handling.  When a responder receives an IKE_SA_INIT
> >> request, it has to determine whether the packet is retransmission
> >> belonging to an existing 'half-open' IKE_SA (in which case the
> >> responder retransmits the same response), or a new request (in which
> >> case the responder creates a new IKE_SA and sends a fresh response),
> >> or it belongs to an existing IKE_SA where the IKE_AUTH request has
> >> been already received (in which case the responder ignores it).
> >
> > Tero:
> > There is also the case of the invalid KE and cookie notifies, i.e. we
> > need to add comment about those too:
> >
> >     ...  or it belongs to an existing IKE_SA where the IKE_AUTH request 
> >     has been already received (in which case the responder ignores it), 
> >     or it is INVALID_KE_PAYLOAD or COOKIE notify responses to the
> >     IKE_SA_INIT request.
> >
> > Paul: Not done. This is interesting, but should be discussed on the list.
> 
> The current text is about processing of IKE_SA_INIT *requests* by 
> the responder, so talking about IKE_SA_INIT responses (such as
> INVALID_KE_PAYLOAD) in the same sentence would be IMHO very confusing.

Hmm... true, missed that it was only talking from the responders side,
not from the initiator side. 

> I'd suggest we keep this paragraph as is.

I agree on that now when I reread the section. 
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