On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:55 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:

> In an environment with many IPsec gateways and remote clients that share an 
> established trust infrastructure (in a single administrative domain or across 
> multiple domains), customers want to get on-demand mesh IPsec capability for 
> efficiency. However, this cannot be feasibly accomplished only with today's 
> IPsec and IKE due to problems with address lookup, reachability, policy 
> configuration, etc.

I don't think "mesh" is a well-defined term here. How about "point-to-point"?

> The IPsecME working group will handle this large scale VPN problem by 
> delivering the following:
> 
> * The working group will create a problem statement document including use 
> cases, definitions and proper requirements for discovery and updates. This 
> document would be solution-agnostic. Should reach WG last call around October 
> 2012.
> 
> * The working group will review and help publish Informational documents 
> describing current vendor proprietary solutions. These should be ready for 
> IETF last call by August 2012.
> 
> * The working group will choose a common solution for the discovery and 
> update problems that will satisfy the requirements in the problem statement 
> document. The working group may consider multiple proposals, and then choose 
> one to bring to the standards track.

We would need a deadline for the last item. I suggest "December 2013".

--Paul Hoffman

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