Brian, > I agree with that, but we seem to have a small problem. > > RFC 2460 says that unrecognized extension headers should > lead to a discard and an ICMP Parameter Problem message, > and RFC 6434 confirms this - but without adding the extension > headers defined since RFC 2460. Thus the Internet is partially > opaque to MIPv6, SHIM6 and HIP, depending on which vendors > happen to allow for them.
RFC2460: With one exception, extension headers are not examined or processed by any node along a packet's delivery path, until the packet reaches the node (or each of the set of nodes, in the case of multicast) identified in the Destination Address field of the IPv6 header. cheers, Ole -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
