Subject: Re: 2401bis Issue # 86 -- Add IPv6 mobility header message type as selector

From: Vijay Devarapalli <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:03:25 -0700

Karen Seo wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Here's a description and proposed approach for:
>
> IPsec Issue #:  86
>
> Title:        Add IPv6 mobility header message type as selector
>
>
> Description:
> ============
> On 7/11/03, Francis Dupont posted a message to the ipsec-policy 
> working group in which he, among other things, asked that we add the 
> IPv6 mobility header message type (MH Type) as a selector. (For 
> details, see 
> http://ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-mobileip-ipv6-24.txt).
>
> Should we add the IPv6 mobility header message type (MH Type) as a 
> selector? 

definitely. I agree with the proposed approach that you suggested.

Vijay

>
>
>
> Proposed approach:
> ==================
> Modify 2401bis along the following lines:
>
> 1. Change "upper layer protocol" to "next layer protocol". (We made 
> this change to AH and ESP previously.)
> 2. Add the mobility header as another possible "next layer" protocol
> 3. Add mobility header type (MH Type) to the list of selectors 
> supported in the SPD and in IKEv2.
> 4. The processing text stays the same.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Karen