Appendix C. Acknowledgments

This document was inspired by (and is intended to replace) the Protocol Liveness Protocol document, written by Kireeti Kompella.

Demand mode was inspired by "A Traffic-Based Method of Detecting Dead Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Peers", by G. Huang, et al.

The authors would also like to thank Mike Shand, John Scudder, Stewart Bryant, Pekka Savola, Richard Spencer, and Pasi Eronen for their substantive input.

The authors would also like to thank Owen Wheeler for hosting teleconferences between the authors of this specification and multiple vendors in order address implementation and clarity issues.

Authors' Addresses

Dave Katz
Juniper Networks
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Dave Ward
Juniper Networks
1194 N. Mathilda Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1206
USA

Phone: +1-408-745-2000
EMail: [email protected]