NAME

  FL_NonZeroToHost - check Flow Label Non-Zero to Host

TARGET

  Host and Router

SYNOPSIS

  FL_NonZeroToHost.seq [-tooloption ...] -pkt FL_NonZeroToHost.def
    -tooloption : v6eval tool option

INITIALIZATION

  None

TEST PROCEDURE

  Tester                      Target
    |                           |
    |-------------------------->|
    |   Echo Request            |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    |<--------------------------|
    |   Neighbor Solicitation   |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    |-------------------------->|
    |   Neighbor Advertisement  |
    |                           |
    |                           | 
    |<--------------------------|
    |   Echo Reply              |
    |                           |
    |                           |
    v                           v

  1. Send Echo Request
  2. Wait Echo Reply or NS
  3. If NS received then send NA, and wait Echo Reply again
  4. Receive Echo Reply

  Echo Request Data is:

        IPv6 Header
            Version            = 6
            Traffic Class      = 0
            FlowLabel          = 0x34567 (20 bit)
            PayloadLength      = 16
            NextHeader         = 58 (ICMP)
            SourceAddress      = Tester Link Local Address
            DestinationAddress = Target Link Local Address

        ICMP Echo Request
            Type           = 128 (Echo Request)
            Code           = 0
            Checksum       = (auto)
            Identifier     = 0xffff
            SequenceNumber = 1
            PayloadData    = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

JUDGMENT

  PASS: Echo Reply Received

        IPv6 Header
            Version             = 6
            Traffic Class       = 0
            FlowLabel           = 0
            PayloadLength       = 16
            NextHeader          = 58 (ICMP)
            SourceAddress       = Target Link Local Address
            Destination Address = Tester Link Local Address

        ICMP Echo Reply
            Type           = 129 (Echo Reply)
            Code           = 0
            Checksum       = (auto)
            Identifier     = 0xffff (same as Echo Request)
            SequenceNumber = 1 (same as Echo Request)
            PayloadData    = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} (same as Echo Request)

  WARN: Echo Reply Received

        IPv6 Header
            Version             = 6
            Traffic Class       = 0
            FlowLabel           = 0x34567 (20 bit)
            PayloadLength       = 16
            NextHeader          = 58 (ICMP)
            SourceAddress       = Target Link Local Address
            Destination Address = Tester Link Local Address

        ICMP Echo Reply
            Type           = 129 (Echo Reply)
            Code           = 0
            Checksum       = (auto)
            Identifier     = 0xffff (same as Echo Request)
            SequenceNumber = 1 (same as Echo Request)
            PayloadData    = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} (same as Echo Request)

REFERENCE

RFC2460

3. IPv6 Header Format

   Flow Label           20-bit flow label.  See section 6.

6. Flow Labels

   The 20-bit Flow Label field in the IPv6 header may be used by a
   source to label sequences of packets for which it requests special
   handling by the IPv6 routers, such as non-default quality of service
   or "real-time" service.  This aspect of IPv6 is, at the time of
   writing, still experimental and subject to change as the requirements
   for flow support in the Internet become clearer.  Hosts or routers
   that do not support the functions of the Flow Label field are
   required to set the field to zero when originating a packet, pass the
   field on unchanged when forwarding a packet, and ignore the field
   when receiving a packet.