Re: [IPsec] Avoiding Authentication Header (AH)

RJ Atkinson <rja.lists@gmail.com> Mon, 02 January 2012 23:55 UTC

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On 02  Jan 2012, at 18:25 , Jack Kohn wrote:
>> Similar IPv6 examples exist.
> 
> And i would like to know what those are.
> 
> What about IPv6? 

As I noted, a range of examples exist for IPv6,
and another range of examples exist for IPv4.  

If one is inclined to study further, one possible 
starting place is the IANA registries of IP options 
and optional headers.  Most, but sadly not all, 
currently defined IPv4 and IPv6 options are listed 
by IANA in various registries:

	<http://www.iana.org>

Yours,

Ran