Re[2]: Where NAT disenfranchises the end-user ...

[RJ Atkinson <rja () inet org>]

At 13:47 10/09/01, Richard Welty wrote:
> in the case of IPSec, the IP addresses need to be preserved end-to-end
> as part of the whole security scheme.

True, but ONLY because the Internet Architecture lacks an alternative
namespace that could identify the box associated with a given network
interface. (The IP address is used in this context to identify the network
interface associated with the Security Association).  So that's all true
today, but is driven by a shortcoming in the Internet Architecture.

Ran
rja () Inet org