Re: issue 11 -- window size

> 
> This issue is about the window size. Mobike needs to be able to
> send multiple messages, given that a regular IKEv2 exchange
> may be in progress when we suddenly change our IP address.
> The question is whether we should expect IKEv2 implementations
> to support window size greater than 1, or if Mobike's own
> exchanges are in some sense outside the regular IKEv2
> window (as proposed in Pasi's MOPO protocol).
> 
> The background information we got in the meeting was that
> in the IKEv2 bakeoff many implementors did not have
> support for larger than 1 window sizes.
> 
> So we could either require a larger window size or do MOBIKE
> exchanges outside the window. I did not sense a conclusion
> in the meeting about this, but on the other hand I'm not sure
> if people care about this issue very deeply. For the purpose
> of making progress, let me propose one approach. If the
> decision was "do it outside the window", would people have
> problems with that?
> 
When the message is sent outside the window, is it still protected
with the IKE SA or not ? 

Even if the window size is greater than 1, the window may be filled
up with previous messages. So, we are back to the same problem, right ?

-mohan

> --Jari
> 
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