Hello, On Wed, July 18, 2012 11:51 am, Tero Kivinen wrote: > Dan Harkins writes: >> Absolutely yes. There are still a lot of IKEv1 implementations out >> there >> and also there are other protocols that use the IANA registry from >> IKEv1, >> namely IEEE 802.11-2012. Any curve that you add to the IKEv2 registry >> has to be added to the IKEv1 registry. > > Why would any other protocol use IKEv1 IANA registries? Are you now > talking about the authentication method registry or the diffie-hellman > groups registry?
The "diffie-hellman groups registry". > It is bad idea to use registry for any other reason than where it is > created, and adding stuff to IKEv1 IANA registry not for IPsec use, > but for use for some other protocols seems like quite funny. It was created to map an unsigned short to a complete domain parameter set and that is exactly how it is being used. > My personal opinion about that is that it is IEEE 802.11-2012 problem > if they use IANA registry for some other purposes than what it is > intended for. I think your opinion that this is "some other purpose" is wrong. Dan. _______________________________________________ IPsec mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipsec
