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[David Schultz]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2003, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> Mainly I'm quoting the OpenSSL stuff, and I think some parts of the
> handbook use `IPSec' also.  However, I'm not going to fight with
> anyone, as the majority of our sources do, in fact use the lower
> case `s'.  Otherwise I'm not going to drag this on.  Back to my
> studies.
> 
> And yes, before someone points it out, my analysis of `sources'
> was incorrect, but I can almost swear it was IPSec in the NOTES
> file...  Perhaps I need more sleep.

The below data summarizes what grep(1) has to say about the
matter.  The RFCs with stars in front of them are the ones I'm
most inclined to believe.  Yes, some documents appear on more than
one list. ;-)  Basically, I think that although 'IPsec' seems to be
the most popular, nobody can agree on the ``correct'' spelling.
As long as we're consistent, we should be okay.

IPsec:
*RFC 2401	Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
RFC 2403	The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2404	The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2405	The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm
*RFC 2406	IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
RFC 2409	The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
RFC 2410	The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec
RFC 2709	Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for NAT Domains

IPSEC:
RFC 2207	RSVP Extensions for IPSEC Data Flows
RFC 2403	The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2404	The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2407	The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP
RFC 2408	Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
RFC 2412	The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol

IPSec:
RFC 2393	IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp)
RFC 2405	The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm
RFC 2451	The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms

FYI, someone published a paper a few months ago about how
researchers don't actually read the papers they cite.  He based
this argument on the fact that errors in citations tend to
propagate from paper to paper, presumably because people don't
actually go to the original source.  I don't buy his argument
entirely, but I found it amusing nevertheless.