HP-UX IPSec and HP-UX Mobile IPv6

Step 2: (Recommended) Securing Return Routability Messages Routed Through the Home Agent

Step 2: (Recommended) Securing ReturnRoutability Messages Routed Through theHome Agent

RFC 3776 specifies that you should use IPSec to secure Return Routability Home Test Init and Home Test messages routed through the Home Agent.

The data paths for Home Test Init and Home Test messages is shown in Figure 7-5. Home Test Init messages are sent from the Mobile Node to the Correspondent Node and routed through the Home Agent, as shown by the solid-line data paths in Figure 7-5. Home Test packets are sent from the Correspondent Node to the Mobile Node and also routed through the Home Agent, as shown by the dotted-line data paths in Figure 7-5. In both cases, the data path segments between the Mobile Node and the Home Agent are secured by an IPSec tunnel.

Figure 7-5

Mobile IPv6 Home Test Init and Home Test Packets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2B, 2C

2A

Home Agent

Mobile Node

Correspondent

Home Test Init

Node

Home Test

 

To secure Return Routability messages between Mobile Nodes and Correspondent Nodes as they are forwarded through the Home Agent, use the following procedure to configure three IPSec policies on the Home Agent for each Mobile Node:

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