Subject: Editorial: Reservations for IKEv1

From: Paul Hoffman / VPNC <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:01:00 -0700

Greetings again. In section 3.1 of draft-ietf-ipsec-ikev2, it says:

                        Exchange Type            Value

                        RESERVED                 0
                        Reserved for ISAKMP      1-31
                        Reserved for IKEv1       32-33
                        IKE_SA_INIT              34
                        IKE_AUTH                 35
                        CREATE_CHILD_SA          36
                        INFORMATIONAL            37
                        Reserved for IKEv2+      38-239
                        Reserved for private use 240-255

This is pretty confusing, because the IANA consideration section says 
clearly that the registries are for IKEv2 only. Further, the other 
tables in the document list the things that are resevered for future 
assignments and private use in text, not in the tables themselves. I 
propose that the chart be replaced with:

                        Exchange Type            Value

                        RESERVED                 0-33
                        IKE_SA_INIT              34
                        IKE_AUTH                 35
                        CREATE_CHILD_SA          36
                        INFORMATIONAL            37
       Exchange type values 38-239 are reserved to IANA for future
       assignment in IKEv2 (see section 6). Exchange type values 240-255
       are for private use among mutually consenting parties.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium