Re: Please refresh my memory on HIP_SIGNATURE in UPDATE

On 09/19/2016 05:19 AM, Tom Henderson wrote:
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> On Sun, 18 Sep 2016, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>> I cannot remember why we mandated HIP_SIGNATURE in UPDATE packet, 
>> particularly when we have the HIP_MAC.  Sec 5.3.5 in 7401.
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>> I am sure we had a good reason, but I am not finding it....
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> For middleboxes; this dates back to section 6.1.1 of
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nikander-hip-mm-00

Ah yes, those nasty guys in the middle by policy.  In a perfect IPv6 
mobile world they don't exist, but we know otherwise...

Thanks for the refresher.

Bob