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Date:      Wed, 02 Aug 2000 19:54:23 +0900
From:      itojun@iijlab.net
To:        Ping Pan <pingpan@research.bell-labs.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: A new kernel extension to deal with IP option packets
Message-ID:  <20535.965213663@coconut.itojun.org>
In-Reply-To: pingpan's message of Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:56:29 -0400. <39877FCD.AC968B74@research.bell-labs.com>

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>Hello, Itojun,
>
>I could not find you in IETF. So here is my response: after reading
>through some of the FrreBSD kernel code on IPv6 and the RFC, it has the
>same
>problem as in IPv4. That is, the user needs to open a raw socket first
>with a protocol family and a protocol type. Only then you may use
>setsockopt() to receive the option that you want. This mechanism is
>pretty much the same as in IPv4.
>
>The problem that we are trying to solve is to intercept the IP packets
>*only* base on their IP option types. The protocol type is irrelevant
>here. I don't see this is solved in IPv6 RFC and drafts.

	you mean router alert option?  you may want to look at ip6_input().
	there's some code in it.  router alert option is standardized
	enough, and i don't think you need additional AF for it.

itojun


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