Network Working Group                                     K. Grewal
Internet Draft                                    Intel Corporation
Intended status: Standards Track                      G. Montenegro
Expires: March 01, 2010                       Microsoft Corporation
                                                          M. Bhatia
                                                     Alcatel-Lucent
                                                 September 01, 2009

                   Wrapped ESP for Traffic Visibility
              draft-ietf-ipsecme-traffic-visibility-08.txt


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Abstract

   This document describes the Wrapped Encapsulating Security
   Payload (WESP) protocol, which builds on top of Encapsulating
   Security Payload (ESP) [RFC4303] and is designed to allow
   intermediate devices to ascertain if ESP-NULL [RFC2410] is being
   employed and hence inspect the IPsec packets for network
   monitoring and access control functions.  Currently in the IPsec
   standard, there is no way to differentiate between ESP
   encryption and ESP NULL encryption by simply examining a packet.
   This poses certain challenges to the intermediate devices that
   need to deep inspect the packet before making a decision on what
   should be done with that packet (Inspect and/or Allow/Drop). The
   mechanism described in this document can be used to easily
   disambiguate ESP-NULL from ESP encrypted packets, without
   compromising on the security provided by ESP.

Table of Contents


   1. Introduction...................................................3
      1.1. Requirements Language.....................................4
      1.2. Applicability Statement...................................4
   2. Wrapped ESP (WESP) Header format...............................5
      2.1. UDP Encapsulation.........................................7
      2.2. Transport and Tunnel Mode Considerations..................9
         2.2.1. Transport Mode Processing............................9
         2.2.2. Tunnel Mode Processing..............................10
      2.3. IKE Considerations.......................................11
   3. Security Considerations.......................................12
   4. IANA Considerations...........................................13
   5. Acknowledgments...............................................13
   6. References....................................................13
      6.1. Normative References.....................................13
      6.2. Informative References...................................14

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1. Introduction

   Use of ESP within IPsec [RFC4303] specifies how ESP packet
   encapsulation is performed.  It also specifies that ESP can use
   NULL encryption while preserving data integrity and
   authenticity.  The exact encapsulation and algorithms employed
   are negotiated out-of-band using, for example, IKEv2 [RFC4306]
   and based on policy.

   Enterprise environments typically employ numerous security
   policies (and tools for enforcing them), as related to access
   control, content screening, firewalls, network monitoring
   functions, deep packet inspection, Intrusion Detection and
   Prevention Systems (IDS and IPS), scanning and detection of
   viruses and worms, etc.  In order to enforce these policies,
   network tools and intermediate devices require visibility into
   packets, ranging from simple packet header inspection to deeper
   payload examination.  Network security protocols which encrypt
   the data in transit prevent these network tools from performing
   the aforementioned functions.

   When employing IPsec within an enterprise environment, it is
   desirable to employ ESP instead of AH [RFC4302], as AH does not
   work in NAT environments. Furthermore, in order to preserve the
   above network monitoring functions, it is desirable to use ESP-
   NULL. In a mixed mode environment some packets containing
   sensitive data employ a given encryption cipher suite, while
   other packets employ ESP-NULL. For an intermediate device to
   unambiguously distinguish which packets are leveraging ESP-NULL,
   they would require knowledge of all the policies being employed
   for each protected session. This is clearly not practical.
   Heuristic-based methods can be employed to parse the packets,
   but these can be very expensive, containing numerous rules based
   on each different protocol and payload.  Even then, the parsing
   may not be robust in cases where fields within a given encrypted
   packet happen to resemble the fields for a given protocol or
   heuristic rule.  This is even more problematic when different
   length Initialization Vectors (IVs), Integrity Check Values
   (ICVs) and padding are used for different security associations,
   making it difficult to determine the start and end of the
   payload data, let alone attempting any further parsing.
   Furthermore, storage, lookup and cross-checking a set of
   comprehensive rules against every packet adds cost to hardware
   implementations and degrades performance. In cases where the
   packets may be encrypted, it is also wasteful to check against
   heuristics-based rules, when a simple exception policy (e.g.,
   allow, drop or redirect) can be employed to handle the encrypted
   packets. Because of the non-deterministic nature of heuristics-
   based rules for disambiguating between encrypted and non-
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   encrypted data, an alternative method for enabling intermediate
   devices to function in encrypted data environments needs to be
   defined. Additionally there are many types and classes of
   network devices employed within a given network and a
   deterministic approach would provide a simple solution for all
   these devices. Enterprise environments typically use both
   stateful and stateless packet inspection mechanisms. The
   previous considerations weigh particularly heavy on stateless
   mechanisms such as router ACLs and NetFlow exporters.
   Nevertheless, a deterministic approach provides a simple
   solution for the myriad types of devices employed within a
   network, regardless of their stateful or stateless nature.

   This document defines a mechanism to provide additional
   information in relevant IPsec packets so intermediate devices
   can efficiently differentiate between encrypted ESP packets and
   ESP packets with NULL encryption.

   The document is consistent with the operation of ESP in NAT
   environments [RFC3947].

   The design principles for this protocol are the following:

   o  Allow easy identification and parsing of integrity-only IPsec
   traffic

   o  Leverage the existing hardware IPsec parsing engines as much
   as possible to minimize additional hardware design costs

   o  Minimize the packet overhead in the common case

1.1. Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
   NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described
   in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

1.2. Applicability Statement

   The document is applicable only to the wrapped ESP header
   defined below, and does not describe any changes to either ESP
   [RFC4303] nor IP Authentication Header (AH) [RFC4302].

   There are two ways to enable intermediate security devices to
   distinguish between encrypted and unencrypted ESP traffic:

   - The heuristics approach [Heuristics I-D] has the intermediate
   node inspect the unchanged ESP traffic, to determine with
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   extremely high probability whether or not the traffic stream is
   encrypted.

   - The Wrapped ESP (WESP) approach described in this document, in
   contrast, requires the ESP endpoints to be modified to support
   the new protocol. WESP allows the intermediate node to
   distinguish encrypted and unencrypted traffic deterministically,
   using a simpler implementation for the intermediate node.

   Both approaches are being documented simultaneously by the IP
   Security Maintenance and Extensions (IPsecME) Working Group,
   with WESP being put on Standards Track while the heuristics
   approach is being published as an Informational RFC. While
   endpoints are being modified to adopt WESP, we expect both
   approaches to coexist for years, because the heuristic approach
   is needed to inspect traffic where at least one of the endpoints
   has not been modified. In other words, intermediate nodes are
   expected to support both approaches in order to achieve good
   security and performance during the transition period.

2. Wrapped ESP (WESP) Header format

   Wrapped ESP encapsulation (WESP) uses protocol number (TBD via
   IANA) different from AH and ESP. Accordingly, the (outer)
   protocol header (IPv4, IPv6, or Extension) that immediately
   precedes the WESP header SHALL contain the value (TBD via IANA)
   in its Protocol (IPv4) or Next Header (IPv6, Extension) field.
   WESP provides additional attributes in each packet to assist in
   differentiating between encrypted and non-encrypted data, and to
   aid parsing of the packet. WESP follows RFC 4303 for all IPv6
   and IPv4 considerations (e.g., alignment considerations).

   This extension essentially acts as a wrapper to the existing ESP
   protocol and provides an additional 4 octets at the front of the
   existing ESP packet.

   This may be depicted as follows:

  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                       Wrapped ESP Header                      |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                      Existing ESP Encapsulation               |
  ~                                                               ~
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 1 WESP Packet Format
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   By preserving the body of the existing ESP packet format, a
   compliant implementation can simply add in the new header,
   without needing to change the body of the packet. The value of
   the new protocol used to identify this new header is TBD via
   IANA. Further details are shown below:

  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |  Next Header  |   HdrLen      |  TrailerLen   |V|V|E|  Flags  |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                      Existing ESP Encapsulation               |
  ~                                                               ~
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                   Figure 2 Detailed WESP Packet Format



   Where:

   Next Header, 8 bits: This field MUST be the same as the Next
   Header field in the ESP trailer when using ESP in the Integrity
   only mode. When using ESP with encryption, the "Next Header"
   field looses this name and semantics and becomes an empty field
   which MUST be initialized to all zeros. The receiver MUST do
   some sanity checks before the WESP packet is accepted. The
   receiver MUST ensure that the Next Header field in the WESP
   header and the Next Header field in the ESP trailer match when
   using ESP in the Integrity only mode. The packet MUST be dropped
   if the two do not match. Similarly, the receiver MUST ensure
   that the Next Header field in the WESP header is an empty field
   initialized to zero if using WESP with encryption. The WESP
   flags dictate if the packet is encrypted and/or integrity
   protected.

   HdrLen, 8 bits: Offset from the beginning of the WESP header to
   the beginning of the Rest of Payload Data (i.e., past the IV, if
   present) within the encapsulated ESP header, in octets. The
   receiver MUST ensure that this field matches with the header
   offset computed from using the negotiated SA and MUST drop the
   packet in case it doesn't match.

   TrailerLen, 8 bits: Offset from the end of the packet to the
   last byte of the payload data in octets. TrailerLen MUST be set
   to zero when using ESP with encryption. The receiver MUST only
   accept the packet if this field matches with the value computed
   from using the negotiated SA. This insures that sender is not
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   deliberately setting this value to obfuscate a part of the
   payload from examination by a trusted intermediary device.

   Flags, 8 bits: The bits are defined LSB first, so bit 0 would be
   the least significant bit of the flags octet.

       2 bits: Version (V). MUST be sent as 0 and checked by the
   receiver. If the version is different than an expected version
   number (e.g. negotiated via the control channel), then the
   packet must be dropped by the receiver. Future modifications to
   the WESP header may require a new version number. Intermediate
   nodes dealing with unknown versions are not necessarily able to
   parse the packet correctly. Intermediate treatment of such
   packets is policy-dependent (e.g., it may dictate dropping such
   packets).

       1 bit: Encrypted Payload (E).  Setting the Encrypted Payload
   bit to 1 indicates that the WESP (and therefore ESP) payload is
   protected with encryption. If this bit is set to 0, then the
   payload is using ESP-NULL cipher. Setting or clearing this bit
   also impacts the value in the WESP Next Header field, as
   described above. The recipient MUST ensure consistency of this
   flag with the negotiated policy and MUST drop the incoming
   packet otherwise.

       5 bits: Flags, reserved for future use.  The flags MUST be
   sent as 0, and ignored by the receiver. Future documents
   defining any of these flags MUST NOT affect the distinction
   between encrypted and unencrypted packets. Intermediate nodes
   dealing with unknown flags are not necessarily able to parse the
   packet correctly. Intermediate treatment of such packets is
   policy-dependent (e.g., it may dictate dropping such packets).

   Future versions of this protocol may change the Version number
   and/or the Flag bits sent, possibly by negotiating them over the
   control channel.

   As can be seen, the WESP format extends the standard ESP header
   by the first 4 octets. The WESP header is integrity protected,
   along with all the fields specified for ESP in RFC 4303.

2.1. UDP Encapsulation

   This section describes a mechanism for running the new packet
   format over the existing UDP encapsulation of ESP as defined in
   RFC 3948. This allows leveraging the existing IKE negotiation of
   the UDP port for NAT-T discovery and usage [RFC3947, RFC4306],
   as well as preserving the existing UDP ports for ESP (port

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   4500).  With UDP encapsulation, the packet format can be
   depicted as follows.

  0                   1                   2                   3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |        Src Port (4500)        | Dest Port (4500)              |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |             Length            |          Checksum             |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |          Protocol Identifier (value = 0x00000002)             |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |  Next Header  |   HdrLen      |  TrailerLen   |    Flags      |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                      Existing ESP Encapsulation               |
  ~                                                               ~
  |                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                Figure 3 UDP-Encapsulated WESP Header

   Where:

   Source/Destination port (4500) and checksum: describes the UDP
   encapsulation header, per RFC3948.

   Protocol Identifier: new field to demultiplex between UDP
   encapsulation of IKE, UDP encapsulation of ESP per RFC 3948, and
   the UDP encapsulation in this specification.

   According to RFC 3948, clause 2.2, a 4 octet value of zero (0)
   immediately following the UDP header indicates a Non-ESP marker,
   which can be used to assume that the data following that value
   is an IKE packet.  Similarly, a value greater then 255 indicates
   that the packet is an ESP packet and the 4-octet value can be
   treated as the ESP SPI. However, RFC 4303, clause 2.1 indicates
   that the values 1-255 are reserved and cannot be used as the
   SPI.  We leverage that knowledge and use one of these reserved
   values to indicate that the UDP encapsulated ESP header contains
   this new packet format for ESP encapsulation.

   The remaining fields in the packet have the same meaning as per
   section 2 above.





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2.2. Transport and Tunnel Mode Considerations

   This extension is equally applicable to transport and tunnel mode
   where the ESP Next Header field is used to differentiate between
   these modes, as per the existing IPsec specifications.

   In the diagrams below, "WESP ICV" refers to the ICV computation as
   modified by this specification. Namely, the ESP ICV computation is
   augmented to include the four octets that constitute the WESP header.
   Otherwise, the ICV computation is as specified by ESP [RFC4303].

2.2.1. Transport Mode Processing

   In transport mode, ESP is inserted after the IP header and before a
   next layer protocol, e.g., TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc. The following
   diagrams illustrate how WESP is applied to the ESP transport mode for
   a typical packet, on a "before and after" basis.

  BEFORE APPLYING WESP - IPv4
        -------------------------------------------------
        |orig IP hdr  | ESP |     |      |   ESP   | ESP|
        |(any options)| Hdr | TCP | Data | Trailer | ICV|
        -------------------------------------------------
                            |<----encryption ----->|
                      |<------- integrity -------->|

  AFTER APPLYING WESP - IPv4
        --------------------------------------------------------
        |orig IP hdr  | WESP | ESP |     |      |   ESP   |WESP|
        |(any options)| Hdr  | Hdr | TCP | Data | Trailer | ICV|
        --------------------------------------------------------
                                   |<---- encryption ---->|
                      |<----------- integrity ----------->|
















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  BEFORE APPLYING WESP - IPv6
        ---------------------------------------------------------
        | orig |hop-by-hop,dest*,|   |dest|   |    | ESP   | ESP|
        |IP hdr|routing,fragment.|ESP|opt*|TCP|Data|Trailer| ICV|
        ---------------------------------------------------------
                                     |<---- encryption --->|
                                 |<------ integrity ------>|

  AFTER APPLYING WESP - IPv6
      --------------------------------------------------------------
      | orig |hop-by-hop,dest*,|    |   |dest|   |    | ESP   |WESP|
      |IP hdr|routing,fragment.|WESP|ESP|opt*|TCP|Data|Trailer| ICV|
      --------------------------------------------------------------
                                        |<---- encryption --->|
                               |<-------- integrity --------->|


               * = if present, could be before WESP, after ESP, or both


   All other considerations are as per RFC 4303.

2.2.2. Tunnel Mode Processing

   In tunnel mode, ESP is inserted after the new IP header and before
   the original IP header, as per RFC 4303. The following diagram
   illustrates how WESP is applied to the ESP tunnel mode for a typical
   packet, on a "before and after" basis.





















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  BEFORE APPLYING WESP - IPv4
       -----------------------------------------------------------
       | new IP hdr* |     | orig IP hdr*  |   |    | ESP   | ESP|
       |(any options)| ESP | (any options) |TCP|Data|Trailer| ICV|
       -----------------------------------------------------------
                           |<--------- encryption --------->|
                     |<------------- integrity ------------>|

  AFTER APPLYING WESP - IPv4
      --------------------------------------------------------------
      |new IP hdr*  |    |   | orig IP hdr*  |   |    | ESP   |WESP|
      |(any options)|WESP|ESP| (any options) |TCP|Data|Trailer| ICV|
      --------------------------------------------------------------
                             |<--------- encryption --------->|
                    |<--------------- integrity ------------->|

  BEFORE APPLYING WESP - IPv6
        ------------------------------------------------------------
        | new* |new ext |   | orig*|orig ext |   |    | ESP   | ESP|
        |IP hdr| hdrs*  |ESP|IP hdr| hdrs *  |TCP|Data|Trailer| ICV|
        ------------------------------------------------------------
                            |<--------- encryption ---------->|
                        |<------------ integrity ------------>|

  AFTER APPLYING WESP - IPv6
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  | new* |new ext |    |   | orig*|orig ext |   |    | ESP   |WESP|
  |IP hdr| hdrs*  |WESP|ESP|IP hdr| hdrs *  |TCP|Data|Trailer| ICV|
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                           |<--------- encryption ---------->|
                  |<--------------- integrity -------------->|


   * = if present, construction of outer IP hdr/extensions and

   modification of inner IP hdr/extensions is discussed in

   the Security Architecture document.


   All other considerations are as per RFC 4303.

2.3. IKE Considerations

   This document assumes that WESP negotiation is performed using
   IKEv2. In order to negotiate the new format of ESP encapsulation
   via IKEv2 [RFC4306], both parties need to agree to use the new


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   packet format. This can be achieved using a notification method
   similar to USE_TRANSPORT_MODE defined in RFC 4306.

   The notification, USE_WESP_MODE (value TBD) MAY be included in a
   request message that also includes an SA payload requesting a
   CHILD_SA using ESP.  It requests that the CHILD_SA use WESP mode
   rather than ESP for the SA created.  If the request is accepted,
   the response MUST also include a notification of type
   USE_WESP_MODE. If the responder declines the request, the
   CHILD_SA will be established using ESP, as per RFC 4303.  If
   this is unacceptable to the initiator, the initiator MUST delete
   the SA.  Note: Except when using this option to negotiate  WESP
   mode, all CHILD_SAs will use standard ESP.

   Negotiation of WESP in this manner preserves all other
   negotiation parameters, including NAT-T [RFC3948]. NAT-T is
   wholly compatible with this wrapped frame format and can be used
   as-is, without any modifications, in environments where NAT is
   present and needs to be taken into account.

3. Security Considerations

   As this document augments the existing ESP encapsulation format,
   UDP encapsulation definitions specified in RFC 3948 and IKE
   negotiation of the new encapsulation, the security observations
   made in those documents also apply here. In addition, as this
   document allows intermediate device visibility into IPsec ESP
   encapsulated frames for the purposes of network monitoring
   functions, care should be taken not to send sensitive data over
   connections using definitions from this document, based on
   network domain/administrative policy. A strong key agreement
   protocol, such as IKEv2, together with a strong policy engine
   should be used to in determining appropriate security policy for
   the given traffic streams and data over which it is being
   employed.

   ESP is end-to-end and it will be impossible for the intermediate
   devices to verify that all the fields in the WESP header are
   correct. It is thus possible to modify the WESP header so that
   the packet sneaks past a firewall if the fields in the WESP
   header are set to something that the firewall will allow. The
   endpoint thus must verify the sanity of the WESP header before
   accepting the packet. In an extreme case, someone colluding with
   the attacker, could change the WESP fields back to the original
   values so that the attack goes unnoticed. However, this is not a
   new problem and it already exists IPSec.



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4. IANA Considerations

   The WESP protocol number is assigned by IANA out of the IP
   Protocol Number space (and as recorded at the IANA web page at
   http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers) is: TBD.

   The USE_WESP_MODE notification number is assigned out of the
   "IKEv2 Notify Message Types - Status Types" registry's 16384-
   40959 (Expert Review) range: TBD.

   This specification requests that IANA create a new registry for
   "WESP Flags" to be managed as follows:

   The first 2 bits are the WESP Version Number. The value 0 is
   assigned to the version defined in this specification. Further
   assignments of the WESP Version Number are to be managed via the
   IANA Policy of "Standards Action" [RFC5226]. The Encrypted
   Payload bit is used to indicate if the payload is encrypted or
   using ESP-NULL. The remaining 5 bits of the WESP Flags are
   undefined and future assignment is to be managed via the IANA
   Policy of "Specification Required".



5. Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to acknowledge the following people for
   their feedback on updating the definitions in this document.

   David McGrew, Brian Weis, Philippe Joubert, Brian Swander, Yaron
   Sheffer, Men Long, David Durham, Prashant Dewan, Marc Millier
   among others.

   This document was prepared using 2-Word-v2.0.template.doc.

6. References

6.1. Normative References

   [RFC2410] Glenn, R. and S. Kent, "The NULL Encryption Algorithm
             and Its Use With IPsec", RFC 2410, November 1998.

   [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
             Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC4303] Kent, S., "IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)",
             RFC 4303, December 2005.


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6.2. Informative References

   [RFC3947] Kivinen, T., Swander, B., Huttunen, A., and V. Volpe,
             "Negotiation of NAT-Traversal in the IKE", RFC 3947,
             January 2005.

   [RFC3948] Huttunen, A., Swander, B., Volpe, V., DiBurro, L., and
             M. Stenberg, "UDP Encapsulation of IPsec ESP Packets",
             RFC 3948, January 2005.

   [RFC4302] Kent, S., "IP Authentication Header", RFC 4302,
             December 2005.

   [RFC4306] Kaufman, C., "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol",
             RFC 4306, December 2005.

   [RFC5226] Narten, T., Alverstrand, H., "Guidelines for Writing
             an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs",  RFC 5226,
             May 2008.

   [Heuristics I-D] Kivinen, T., McDonald, D., "Heuristics for Detecting
             ESP-NULL packets", Internet Draft, April 2009.

   Author's Addresses

   Ken Grewal
   Intel Corporation
   2111 NE 25th Avenue, JF3-232
   Hillsboro, OR  97124
   USA

   Phone:
   Email: ken.grewal@intel.com
















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   Gabriel Montenegro
   Microsoft Corporation
   One Microsoft Way
   Redmond, WA  98052
   USA

   Phone:
   Email: gabriel.montenegro@microsoft.com

   Manav Bhatia
   Alcatel-Lucent
   Bangalore
   India

   Phone:
   Email: manav@alcatel-lucent.com

































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