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Subject: (Commercial) IP Security Option
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Date: 20 Apr 89 12:33:49 GMT
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The following is an excerpt from the February IAB Report:
  
IAB REPORT -- February 1, 1989

D. IP Security Option

   A vendor requested an IP Option for commercial security, where the
   contents of this option would be unstandardized and vendor-specific.
   The IAB felt strongly that IP options must be publically defined and
   documented, while that proprietary or privately-structured options 
   are a bad idea.  The IAB will initiate a broad-based effort to
   define a (commercial) security option for IP.  Interested parties 
   may contact Steve Kent (Kent@BBN.COM  (617) 873 3988).   
   
How is this option related to the Revised IP Security Option defined in
RFC 1038?  Is this intended to be a completely new option with a different
option number or is the intent to define additional security classifications
to meet the needs of the commercial world within the RFC 1038 format?

David Miller
MITRE Corporation
dtm@mbunix.mitre.org