HP-UX 11i v1.6 critical impact:

inet6_rth_* and inet6_opt_* APIs - now available (CrUn165)

Problem description

The inet6_rth_* and inet6_opt_* Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) (as defined in RFC 2292, Advanced Sockets API for IPv6) exist on Tru64 UNIX and are now available with HP-UX 11i v2 update 2.

These advanced IPv6 APIs are part of the IPv6 extension set. IPv6 is the next generation of the Internet Protocol. These APIs manipulate, retrieve, and initialize routing headers and IPv6 options.

Identifiers

inet6_opt_append	inet6_rth_add
inet6_opt_find	inet6_rth_getaddr
inet6_opt_finish	inet6_rth_init
inet6_opt_get_val	inet6_rth_reverse
inet6_opt_init	inet6_rth_segments
inet6_opt_next	inet6_rth_space
inet6_opt_set_val

See also

• Background information on networking impacts

Solution description

A depot is available for current HP-UX versions running on the PA-RISC platform that supports these options. These IPv6 options are supported on HP-UX 11i v2 update 2.

Review your code and the applicable manpages for more information on inet6_rth_* and inet6_opt_* APIs.

See also

• inet6_opt_append(3N)
• inet6_opt_find(3N)
• inet6_opt_finish(3N)
• inet6_opt_get_val(3N)
• inet6_opt_init(3N)
• inet6_opt_next(3N)
• inet6_opt_set_val(3N)
• inet6_rth_add(3N)
• inet6_rth_getaddr(3N)
• inet6_rth_init(3N)
• inet6_rth_reverse(3N)
• inet6_rth_segments(3N)
• inet6_rth_space(3N)

Problem summary