Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:05:58 -0300 | Subject | Re: Query regarding IPv6 stack modification | From | Sergio Luis <> |
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:27 AM, nbj <niraj.b.jain@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am facing a strange problem when adding a module in the ipv6 stack. (This > is a part of my project on IPv4 to IPv6 Gateway) > Here is the description: > > Whenever the IPv6 machine intends to communicate with an IPv4 machine, an > extension header is being added(which contains the IPv4 address) and the > destination address in the packet is replaced by the address of the gateway. > This is done by modifying the address in the sk_buff structure. > On receiving a packet from this gateway, I check for the presence of the > extension header. If present, the IPv4 address is extracted from it and the > source address (that of the gateway) replaced by the mapped address of the > v4 machine. > > Changes have been made in the following functions for the purpose: > > ip6_xmit & ip6_push_pending_frames: These functions are called in the > transmit path of the packet. These functions are used by TCP and UDP/ICMP > respectively to serve similar purpose. > --I am adding my own extension header (called SHIM header) in the packet at > this point. This is done by making changes in the "ipv6_txoptions" structure > to add another field for my custom extension header. I am adding the IP > address of the IPv4 host in the extension header (this will be used by the > translator). > --After adding this extension header, I am replacing the destination address > in sk_buff with the translator's address. > > ip6_input_finish:- This function is called in the receive path of the > packet. It calls the protocol handler for all the extension headers and the > higher layer protocol. > --I have written a handler for our custom header (SHIM) which gets called > here whenever the packet contains one. This handler replaces the source > address (which would be that of the translator) with the mapped address of > the IPv4 host as extracted from the SHIM header. > > Using the above, I have tested TCP, UDP and ICMP applications. For UDP and > ICMP (ping) applications, everything works as expected. i.e., the > applications uses mapped addresses for the IPv4 hosts and the actual > communication happens with the translator's address. > For TCP however it failed in the following scenario: > I have apache server running on the IPv6 host and IPv4 host trying to access > a web page (using mozilla). Initially the IPv4 host is able to access data > from the web server. But when a FIN-ACK is sent from the TCP server and a > FIN-ACK is obtained from the client, the IPv6 machine hangs. > (I also tried testing this using some simple client-server socket program. > In that case, everything works fine) > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Query-regarding-IPv6-stack-modification-tp23232689p23232689.html > Sent from the linux-kernel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
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