Mmm a little baffeled it was not more clearly stated than that as i
always took this for granted as all following discussions on the port
topic related to nat-t do imply this restriction. Maybe this restriction
concerns (limited to src port 500) were in fact a reaction towards
"broken" implementations. Ok, applogies then ;)

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 09:19:08AM +0000, Ryan McBride wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:04:22AM +0100, Jean-Francois Dive wrote:
> > Well, this is not a bug but an initial requirement of the IKE RFC's. We
> > can discuss about it's validity, but i doubt this can be considered as a
> > problem with the conntivity.
> 
> All the rfc says is that at minimum, an implementation must support
> sending and recieving ISAKMP using UDP on port 500. It says nothing
> about not accepting packets with different source ports:
> 
> 2.5.1 Transport Protocol
> 
>    ISAKMP can be implemented over any transport protocol or over IP
>    itself.  Implementations MUST include send and receive capability for
>    ISAKMP using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) on port 500.  UDP Port
>    500 has been assigned to ISAKMP by the Internet Assigned Numbers
>    Authority (IANA). Implementations MAY additionally support ISAKMP
>    over other transport protocols or over IP itself.
> 
> -Ryan

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