Hi, while reading through the source-code I remarked, that for the generic l4 protocol handler (nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c) the protocol number 0 is used. While linux/in.h defines IPPROTO_IP = 0 (and says "a dummy protocol for tcp", whatever that may mean), in net/ipv6.h, the protocol 0 is used for the hop-by-hop header. And as IANA states, 0 is assigned to the IPv6 Hop-by-hop option. Even, if netfilter doesn't tracks the hop-by-hop protocol, it shouldn't use this number for the generic protocol handler, because this might be confusing. In my opinion, 255 should be used, which is assigned as "Reserved" by IANA. What do you think? -- Christoph Paasch École Polytechnique de Louvain Département d'ingénierie informatique www.rollerbulls.be -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
