Re: Please refresh my memory on HIP_SIGNATURE in UPDATE

Tom Henderson <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:19:12 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.hipsec,gmane.ietf.hip
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2016, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

> I cannot remember why we mandated HIP_SIGNATURE in UPDATE packet, 
> particularly when we have the HIP_MAC.  Sec 5.3.5 in 7401.
>
> I am sure we had a good reason, but I am not finding it....

For middleboxes; this dates back to section 6.1.1 of
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nikander-hip-mm-00

- Tom