> -----Original Message----- > From: Suresh Krishnan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I agree with you that a receiver may process the EH's in any order > > except the HBH EH. > > No. The receiver MUST process the extension headers in the order they > appear. Please see the following text from RFC2460 > > > > Yes, my concern with text from Suresh's draft was indeed > that HBH was not mentioned with > > > > " o Extension headers must be processed in any order they appear" > > I already suggested replacement text for this in my earlier mail. Did > you not receive it? Anyway the intent of this text was to say > > " o Extension headers must be processed in any order they appear" Why isn't the wording in RFC 2460 even clearer? Quoting: Therefore, extension headers must be processed strictly in the order they appear in the packet; a receiver must not, for example, scan through a packet looking for a particular kind of extension header and process that header prior to processing all preceding ones. Bert -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
