Hi Suresh, This brings the interesting issue, how do I know if the unknown inner header is payload vs Extension header?
Thanks, Vishwas On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Suresh Krishnan <suresh.krish...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On 10-04-26 11:02 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: >> >> Le 26/04/2010 14:17, Brian Haberman a écrit : >>> >>> All, >>> The 6MAN chairs would like feedback from the working group on adopting >>> draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr as a WG item. Please send your >>> comments/opinions to the mailing list (or the chairs) by May 7, 2010. >> >> Comments... >>> >>> 3. Backward Compatibility >>> >>> >>> The scheme proposed in this document is not backward compatible with >>> all the currently defined IPv6 extension headers. It only applies to >>> newly defined extension headers. Specifically, the following >>> extension headers predate this document and do not follow the format >>> proposed in this document. >>> >>> o IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Header >>> o IPv6 Routing Header >>> o IPv6 Fragment Header >>> o IPv6 Destination Options Header >> >> And AH and ESP? > > AH & ESP are not considered as IPv6 extension headers and they are > considered as payload as far as IPv6 is concerned. > > Thanks > Suresh > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
