Subject: Re: IPSEC and user vs machine authentication
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@NetBSD.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/17/2005 09:18:49
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>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@NetBSD.org> writes:
    Bill> I think that's dangerous as you have no reliable way to tell
    Bill> if the IPsec is end-to-end. So you open yourself up to MITM
    Bill> attacks where you establish IPsec with the attacker who in
    Bill> turn establishes it with the client.

  That's what channel bindings are for.

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