Re: 2401bis Issue # 86 -- Add IPv6 mobility header message type asselector

[Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@kolumbus.fi>]

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?

Yes. Future protection of mobility signaling using IPsec could
then benefit from the higher granularity of the selectors and
policies.

(Question: did you already cover ICMP types in some earlier
update?)

> 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.

Agree.

--Jari