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

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Message-ID: <87ocy7e95w.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:18:35 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	jpo234@...scape.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sending complete IPv6 packets without bypassing netfilter/IPsec

jpo234@...scape.net writes:

> Hello all,
> 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?

The theory is (the same on IPv4) is that the socket options should
allow you to specify everything legal you could put into a IPv6 header
by hand. 

-Andi

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