At 2:28 PM -0500 12/15/09, Scott C Moonen wrote:
>But RFC 4301 already specifies this in section 4.4.1.1.  Given this, I think 
>it's incorrect to treat this as unspecified in ikev2bis:
>
>         * If the Next Layer Protocol is a Mobility Header, . . .
>           For IKE, the IPv6 Mobility Header
>           message type (MH type) is placed in the most significant
>           eight bits of the 16-bit local "port" selector.
>
>         * If the Next Layer Protocol value is ICMP, . . .
>           For IKE, the message type is placed in the most significant 8
>           bits of the 16-bit selector and the code is placed in the
>           least significant 8 bits. . . .
>
>It's less clear that this addresses ICMPv6 than MIPv6, but but elsewhere in 
>the document "ICMP" is explicitly used in a generic sense, and I think we're 
>on pretty good ground for both.  I'm aware of at least one implementation 
>other than ours that uses both MH type and ICMPv6 type/code in this fashion in 
>IKEv2.
>
>I'd be willing to work on alternative text for 3.13.1 if others agree,

The ticket is assigned to you. :-)

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium
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