netdev - Re: Sending complete IPv6 packets without bypassing netfilter/IPsec

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:54:16 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	jpo234@...scape.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sending complete IPv6 packets without bypassing netfilter/IPsec

jpo234@...scape.net wrote:
> the IPv4 socket interface had the nifty IP_HDRINCL option. It seems 
> that an IPv6 version of this option is not available. The proposed 
> solution for this seems to be to use libpcap to inject the packet. 
> Unfortunately this completely bypasses both, netfilter and IPsec. So, 
> am I lost or is there a way to do what I want/need?

	socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW)

should have the same effect as IP_HDRINCL.

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