All, During the IPsecME interim meeting earlier this week, there was initial consensus from the participants that the WESP header should be aligned on an 8 octet boundary for IPv6 in the following manner.
We will extend the WESP header by a 4 octet reserved field (all zeros) and use a new bit 'X' in the flags field to denote presence (or absence) of this alignment field. This can be depicted as follows: Existing WESP header: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Next Header | HdrLen | TrailerLen |V|V|E| Rsvd | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Proposed change 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Next Header | HdrLen | TrailerLen |V|V|E|X| Rsvd | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Reserved (zeros) for IPv6 alignment | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ If 'X' is set (value 1), the 4 octet reserved field is present (needed for IPv6). If 'X' is clear (value 0), the 4 octet reserved field is absent (needed for IPv4). This comment was from AD review of the document and ticket #109 has been generated to track this item. Any additional feedback? Thanks, - Ken
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