On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 17:28 +0100, Mark Phalan wrote:
> > If you know the physical interface through which tunneled traffic
> > eventually ends up, you can of course capture packets on that interface.
> > This doesn't help, of course, if you've configured IPsec policy on your
> > tunnel interface to encrypt packets.  It's also problematic on
> > multi-homed systems, where the physical interface through which tunneled
> > packets are flowing could change based on dynamic routing information.
> > 
> 
> Ok, so if I snoop the physical interface I can see the IPv6 packets but
> I can't do any filtering...
> for e.g. snoop host <ipv6host>
> won't work.

That's correct.  This is a significant drawback to the lack of IP tunnel
data-links in Solaris.

> 
> I guess I'll have to wait until clearview is integrated.

Unfortunately, I think so.

> > We (the Clearview project) are periodically releasing early access bfu
> > archives that contain our work in development.  When the IP tunneling
> > work is baked enough to arrive in these early access bits, we'll make
> > sure to notify you and the people on this list.
> > 
> 
> Cool, looking foward to seeing this in Nevada.

And we're looking forward to being able to draw on you as an early
adopter and tester prior to integration into Nevada (right?). ;-)

Thanks,
-Seb


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