Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:21:47 -0600 | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Linux iSCSI Initiator, OpenSource (fwd) (Re: Gauntlet Set NOW!) |
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On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 01:31:36AM +1300, Andrew McGregor wrote: > Or ESP, with or without encryption as well. > > But that does not acheive quite the same thing, because the iSCSI digest is > another lightweight checksum, albeit stronger than most, and does not > provide authentication. So AH or ESP is stronger, but slower. > > Maybe Cisco are assuming another layer deals with the errors. However, to > get an interoperable and efficient implementation requires the capability > to do whatever combination is required, along with sensible defaults.
Actually, as I pointed out before, the current Cisco iSCSI driver does support CRC (32-bit), though it's presumably off by default.
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