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Date:      Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:47:58 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Srinivas Goud <cnugoud@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPv6 Extension Headers
Message-ID:  <20050629054758.GA20421@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <e16ec6920506282240a49d177@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <e16ec6920506282240a49d177@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:10:50AM +0530, Srinivas Goud wrote:
> Hello All,=20
> I am new bee to this group. =20
> I am working on IPv6 Extension headers.  I am confused with freeBSD
> implementation and RFC2460 specification for Destination options.
>=20
> My interpretation from RFC2460 is that,  If a packet consists of
> hop-by-hop and destination extension headers, destination header
> should be inserted inside AH.
> i.e., hop + AH + dst.
>=20
> But freeBSD implementation is the other way,
> i.e., hop + dst + AH.
>=20
> which is the correct way of implementation according to RFC2460? Please
> let me know, if my interpretation is wrong.
>=20
> Also, let me know AH insertion place in the following cases.
> 1. hop + dst=20
> 2. hop + dst + route
> 3. hop + dst + route + dst
> 4. hop + dst + dst
> 5. hop + dst + dst + route + route
> 6. hop + dst + dst + route + route + dst + dst
> 7. hop + dst + dst + route + dst + route + dst + dst
>=20
> Any help/suggestion is greatly appreciated.

The FreeBSD IPv6 implementation largly provided by the KAME project
(www.kame.net), you might have better luck addressing your question to
them.

-- Brooks

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