PHB,
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One major design limit in IPSEC and TLS is that both view the key exchange as being integral to the security layer rather than a separate service. I would like to separate out consideration of how chunks of data passing over the net are tagged and bagged for encryption and authentication from the question of key setup.
IKE is separate from ESP and AH. ESP and AH can be used independently of IKE, although manual keying is obviously not attractive in most cases. TLS is a different matter, in that the handshake that puts keys in place is integral to the data security protocol. However, DTLS is used with SRTP to secure VoIP, showing that the key exchange there can be used to support other protocols.

There is no logical reason why the key negotiation for TLS, IPSEC and tcpcrypt cant be shared.
yes, it could be, despite the erroneous assertions above ;-)

Steve
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