[ipv6-wg] RIPE-501 replacement document - IPsec question to community - we need your input.

Dear IPv6 community.

(copy/paste from our internal discussion)

The authors of RIPE-501 are finalizing the last comments from previous 
last call and would like community input for what to do with IPsec.  All 
authors feel that IPsec should be a mandatory requirement for all 
devices although due to technical limitations, for mobile devices it 
will be optional.  We are aware that RFC6434 made IPsec support a SHOULD 
rather than a MUST.

 From RFC 2119: SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean 
that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore 
a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and 
carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

The change was largely due to limitations found in low power devices and 
therefore we still feel the community is best served by requiring 
mandatory IPsec support in all other devices (hosts, routers or layer-3 
switches, network security devices, load balancers)

If we get this input from you this year, there is a great chance that we 
could put out the new/final draft out for discussion and/or maybe 
last-last-call before new year.

For RIPE-501 authors group, Jan

P.S: wishing happy new year, merry xmass, happiness, IPv6 and all that 
stuff in at least next year :)