>> 6. Updating RFC 2460 >> >> If an IPv6 packet is fragmented, the first fragment of that IPv6 >> packet (i.e., the fragment having a Fragment Offset of 0) MUST >> contain the entire IPv6 header chain. > > > The entire IPv6 header including the header chain SHOULD NOT exceed > 256 octets.
If you think about it, the whole point of extension headers is to help "the network." If it was merely end-to-end information, whatever hosts send in the EH could just as well be encoded as options in the application layer. If it is really meant to be private, encrypt the whole thing, and show just the ESP header. You really have to wonder why anyone would send complex chains of extension headers that cannot be parsed by routers. -- Christian Huitema -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
