A connection between the subnets behind the gateways moon and sun is set up. With esp=aes128-sha1-esn! gateway moon proposes the use of Extended Sequence Numbers. Gateway sun defines esp=aes128-sha1-esn-noesn!, accepting proposals with and without ESN.

Upon the successful establishment of the CHILD SA with ESN, client alice behind gateway moon pings client bob located behind gateway sun 10 times.