Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 6367] Correct IPv6 packet reported as malformed
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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:25:48 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6367

--- Comment #3 from Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte@xxxxxxxxx> 2012-04-04 12:25:47 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
>So maybe adding a case for "known bad" extension types
> would make sense.
In the sample the extension Type is 99 (Any private encryption scheme...)
It is impossible to known how to dissect this type 

>I think that the approach Wireshark follows is the right one: Try to dissect
>unknown header types like unknown TLVs by dumping them and going to the next
>extension header

I also think it's the right approach and there is a draft (
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-exthdr-06) about uniform the IPv6
Extension Header

Close this bug with the WONTFIX resolution ?

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