Excellent link, thanks. And it is very hard to distinguish. Many other IETF RFCs are incredibly complicated and add idiotic "features" and stuff just for the sake of it.
Mitigating factor in this particular case is that some of the things proposed, like using the same IV for each packet, would definitely be found out by people other than the NSA. That would go against the NSA's goals.
Mitigating factor in this particular case is that some of the things proposed, like using the same IV for each packet, would definitely be found out by people other than the NSA. That would go against the NSA's goals.