Hi Bert, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >> " o Extension headers must be processed in any order they appear" > > Why isn't the wording in RFC 2460 even clearer? Quoting: > > Therefore, extension headers must > be processed strictly in the order they appear in the packet; a > receiver must not, for example, scan through a packet looking for a > particular kind of extension header and process that header prior to > processing all preceding ones.
It is very clear. And that is exactly the problem I am talking about in the draft. The real issue is that when you reach an unknown header of an unknown format you have no way of proceeding any further with the processing. The text Hemant was quoting is not from the meat of the draft but from the future work section. Thanks Suresh -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
