netdev - Re: XFRM and IPv6 raw sockets and multicast

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Date:	Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:08:11 -0800 (PST)
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	hugosantos@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: XFRM and IPv6 raw sockets and multicast

Hello.

In article <9c46321e0712040801w72e31178t940ca70ccfd8a14a@...l.gmail.com> (at Tue, 4 Dec 2007 17:01:43 +0100), "Hugo Santos" <hugosantos@...il.com> says:

> > If we do really support it, if hdcincl is set, XFRM and other
> > all extension header processes should be skipped, but they are
> > not very clear at all so far.
> 
>   I understand how some users of IPPROTO_RAW would want xfrm to be
> skipped, but on the other hand i also see the interoperation between
> the two as useful, to for instance allowing a ESP tunnel to be used by
> such packets.

I do think all extension header, including fragment and/or XFRM, process
should be skipped if hdrincl is set.

--yoshfuji
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