Re: [PATCH] AH4: Update IPv4 options handling to conform to RFC 4302.

2007-08-22 Thread Herbert Xu
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:44:33PM +, Nick Bowler wrote: > In testing our ESP/AH offload hardware, I discovered an issue with how AH > handles mutable fields in IPv4. RFC 4302 (AH) states the following on the > subject: > > For IPv4, the entire option is viewed as a unit; so even >

[PATCH] AH4: Update IPv4 options handling to conform to RFC 4302.

2007-08-21 Thread Nick Bowler
In testing our ESP/AH offload hardware, I discovered an issue with how AH handles mutable fields in IPv4. RFC 4302 (AH) states the following on the subject: For IPv4, the entire option is viewed as a unit; so even though the type and length fields within most options are immutable