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Re: Deprecation of AH header from the IPSEC tool kit



> Here is a picture.  Note that the Hop-by-Hop IPsec might be ESP
> instead of AH; there is nothing (IMHO :-) worth protecting in the IPv6
> header in this scenario (unless using the mobile IP scenario that has
> been described on the list).
> 
>    <----------------------------- AH e -------------------------->
>    <--- AH 1 --->   <--- ESP --->   <--- AH 2 --->  <--- AH 3 --->
> 

If you are going to go through all this trouble, there is no point in
using hop-by-hop routing headers; just set up IP tunnels from each hop
to the next and be done with it!

/ji