Re: [LinkSec] linksec roadmap
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>
> There might be *ONE* senario that fits this. Norm Finn talked about it at
> the last Plenary:
>
> Consider a real ethernet with 2 bridges. The stations really do not know
> or care which bridge handles their frames. They have to be authenticated
> to both.
>
> There are probably other senarios like this.
>
But that scenario *does not* necessarily imply group-shared keys. It just means
that I need largely-equivalent security associations with each bridge.
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