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29.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2012 $
30.Dt IP6 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm ip6
34.Nd Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) network layer
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/types.h
37.In sys/socket.h
38.In netinet/in.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn socket AF_INET6 SOCK_RAW proto
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The IPv6 network layer is used by the IPv6 protocol family for
43transporting data.
44IPv6 packets contain an IPv6 header that is not provided as part of the
45payload contents when passed to an application.
46IPv6 header options affect the behavior of this protocol and may be used
47by high-level protocols (such as the
48.Xr tcp 4
49and
50.Xr udp 4
51protocols) as well as directly by
52.Dq raw sockets ,
53which process IPv6 messages at a lower-level and may be useful for
54developing new protocols and special-purpose applications.
55.Ss Header
56All IPv6 packets begin with an IPv6 header.
57When data received by the kernel are passed to the application, this
58header is not included in buffer, even when raw sockets are being used.
59Likewise, when data are sent to the kernel for transmit from the
60application, the buffer is not examined for an IPv6 header:
61the kernel always constructs the header.
62To directly access IPv6 headers from received packets and specify them
63as part of the buffer passed to the kernel, link-level access
64.Po
65.Xr bpf 4 ,
66for example
67.Pc
68must instead be utilized.
69.Pp
70The header has the following definition:
71.Bd -literal -offset indent
72struct ip6_hdr {
73     union {
74          struct ip6_hdrctl {
75               u_int32_t ip6_un1_flow;	/* 20 bits of flow ID */
76               u_int16_t ip6_un1_plen;	/* payload length */
77               u_int8_t	 ip6_un1_nxt;	/* next header */
78               u_int8_t	 ip6_un1_hlim;	/* hop limit */
79          } ip6_un1;
80          u_int8_t ip6_un2_vfc;   /* version and class */
81     } ip6_ctlun;
82     struct in6_addr ip6_src;	/* source address */
83     struct in6_addr ip6_dst;	/* destination address */
84} __packed;
85
86#define ip6_vfc		ip6_ctlun.ip6_un2_vfc
87#define ip6_flow	ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_flow
88#define ip6_plen	ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_plen
89#define ip6_nxt		ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_nxt
90#define ip6_hlim	ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_hlim
91#define ip6_hops	ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_hlim
92.Ed
93.Pp
94All fields are in network-byte order.
95Any options specified (see
96.Sx Options
97below) must also be specified in network-byte order.
98.Pp
99.Va ip6_flow
100specifies the flow ID.
101.Va ip6_plen
102specifies the payload length.
103.Va ip6_nxt
104specifies the type of the next header.
105.Va ip6_hlim
106specifies the hop limit.
107.Pp
108The top 4 bits of
109.Va ip6_vfc
110specify the class and the bottom 4 bits specify the version.
111.Pp
112.Va ip6_src
113and
114.Va ip6_dst
115specify the source and destination addresses.
116.Pp
117The IPv6 header may be followed by any number of extension headers that start
118with the following generic definition:
119.Bd -literal -offset indent
120struct ip6_ext {
121     u_int8_t ip6e_nxt;
122     u_int8_t ip6e_len;
123} __packed;
124.Ed
125.Ss Options
126IPv6 allows header options on packets to manipulate the behavior of the
127protocol.
128These options and other control requests are accessed with the
129.Xr getsockopt 2
130and
131.Xr setsockopt 2
132system calls at level
133.Dv IPPROTO_IPV6
134and by using ancillary data in
135.Xr recvmsg 2
136and
137.Xr sendmsg 2 .
138They can be used to access most of the fields in the IPv6 header and
139extension headers.
140.Pp
141The following socket options are supported:
142.Bl -tag -width Ds
143.\" .It Dv IPV6_OPTIONS
144.It Dv IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS Fa "int *"
145Get or set the default hop limit header field for outgoing unicast
146datagrams sent on this socket.
147A value of \-1 resets to the default value.
148.\" .It Dv IPV6_RECVOPTS Fa "int *"
149.\" Get or set the status of whether all header options will be
150.\" delivered along with the datagram when it is received.
151.\" .It Dv IPV6_RECVRETOPTS Fa "int *"
152.\" Get or set the status of whether header options will be delivered
153.\" for reply.
154.\" .It Dv IPV6_RECVDSTADDR Fa "int *"
155.\" Get or set the status of whether datagrams are received with
156.\" destination addresses.
157.\" .It Dv IPV6_RETOPTS
158.\" Get or set IPv6 options.
159.It Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_IF Fa "u_int *"
160Get or set the interface from which multicast packets will be sent.
161For hosts with multiple interfaces, each multicast transmission is sent
162from the primary network interface.
163The interface is specified as its index as provided by
164.Xr if_nametoindex 3 .
165A value of zero specifies the default interface.
166.It Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS Fa "int *"
167Get or set the default hop limit header field for outgoing multicast
168datagrams sent on this socket.
169This option controls the scope of multicast datagram transmissions.
170.Pp
171Datagrams with a hop limit of 1 are not forwarded beyond the local
172network.
173Multicast datagrams with a hop limit of zero will not be transmitted on
174any network but may be delivered locally if the sending host belongs to
175the destination group and if multicast loopback (see below) has not been
176disabled on the sending socket.
177Multicast datagrams with a hop limit greater than 1 may be forwarded to
178the other networks if a multicast router (such as
179.Xr mrouted 8 )
180is attached to the local network.
181.It Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP Fa "u_int *"
182Get or set the status of whether multicast datagrams will be looped back
183for local delivery when a multicast datagram is sent to a group to which
184the sending host belongs.
185.Pp
186This option improves performance for applications that may have no more
187than one instance on a single host (such as a router daemon) by
188eliminating the overhead of receiving their own transmissions.
189It should generally not be used by applications for which there may be
190more than one instance on a single host (such as a conferencing program)
191or for which the sender does not belong to the destination group
192(such as a time-querying program).
193.Pp
194A multicast datagram sent with an initial hop limit greater than 1 may
195be delivered to the sending host on a different interface from that on
196which it was sent if the host belongs to the destination group on that
197other interface.
198The multicast loopback control option has no effect on such delivery.
199.It Dv IPV6_JOIN_GROUP Fa "struct ipv6_mreq *"
200Join a multicast group.
201A host must become a member of a multicast group before it can receive
202datagrams sent to the group.
203.Bd -literal
204struct ipv6_mreq {
205	struct in6_addr	ipv6mr_multiaddr;
206	unsigned int	ipv6mr_interface;
207};
208.Ed
209.Pp
210.Va ipv6mr_interface
211may be set to zeroes to choose the default multicast interface or to the
212index of a particular multicast-capable interface if the host is
213multihomed.
214Membership is associated with a single interface; programs running on
215multihomed hosts may need to join the same group on more than one
216interface.
217.Pp
218If the multicast address is unspecified (i.e., all zeroes), messages
219from all multicast addresses will be accepted by this group.
220Note that setting to this value requires superuser privileges.
221.It Dv IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP Fa "struct ipv6_mreq *"
222Drop membership from the associated multicast group.
223Memberships are automatically dropped when the socket is closed or when
224the process exits.
225.It Dv IPV6_PORTRANGE Fa "int *"
226Get or set the allocation policy of ephemeral ports for when the kernel
227automatically binds a local address to this socket.
228The following values are available:
229.Pp
230.Bl -tag -width IPV6_PORTRANGE_DEFAULT -compact
231.It Dv IPV6_PORTRANGE_DEFAULT
232Use the regular range of non-reserved ports (varies, see
233.Xr sysctl 8 ) .
234.It Dv IPV6_PORTRANGE_HIGH
235Use a high range (varies, see
236.Xr sysctl 8 ) .
237.It Dv IPV6_PORTRANGE_LOW
238Use a low, reserved range (600\-1023).
239.El
240.It Dv IPV6_RECVPKTINFO Fa "int *"
241Get or set whether additional information about subsequent packets will
242be provided as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
243.Xr recvmsg 2
244calls.
245The information is stored in the following structure in the ancillary
246data returned:
247.Bd -literal
248struct in6_pktinfo {
249	struct in6_addr ipi6_addr;    /* src/dst IPv6 address */
250	unsigned int    ipi6_ifindex; /* send/recv if index */
251};
252.Ed
253.Pp
254Turning this option on will result in this socket getting cmsg data of
255type IPV6_PKTINFO.
256.It Dv IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT Fa "int *"
257Get or set whether the hop limit header field from subsequent packets
258will be provided as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
259.Xr recvmsg 2
260calls.
261The value is stored as an
262.Vt int
263in the ancillary data returned.
264Turning this option on will result in this socket getting cmsg data of
265type IPV6_HOPLIMIT.
266.\" .It Dv IPV6_NEXTHOP Fa "int *"
267.\" Get or set whether the address of the next hop for subsequent
268.\" packets will be provided as ancillary data along with the payload in
269.\" subsequent
270.\" .Xr recvmsg 2
271.\" calls.
272.\" The option is stored as a
273.\" .Vt sockaddr
274.\" structure in the ancillary data returned.
275.\" .Pp
276.\" This option requires superuser privileges.
277.It Dv IPV6_RECVHOPOPTS Fa "int *"
278Get or set whether the hop-by-hop options from subsequent packets will be
279provided as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
280.Xr recvmsg 2
281calls.
282The option is stored in the following structure in the ancillary data
283returned:
284.Bd -literal
285struct ip6_hbh {
286	u_int8_t ip6h_nxt;	/* next header */
287	u_int8_t ip6h_len;	/* length in units of 8 octets */
288/* followed by options */
289} __packed;
290.Ed
291.Pp
292The
293.Fn inet6_option_space
294routine and family of routines may be used to manipulate this data.
295.Pp
296This option requires superuser privileges.
297Turning this option on will result in this socket getting cmsg data of
298type IPV6_HOPOPTS.
299.It Dv IPV6_RECVDSTOPTS Fa "int *"
300Get or set whether the destination options from subsequent packets will
301be provided as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
302.Xr recvmsg 2
303calls.
304The option is stored in the following structure in the ancillary data
305returned:
306.Bd -literal
307struct ip6_dest {
308	u_int8_t ip6d_nxt;	/* next header */
309	u_int8_t ip6d_len;	/* length in units of 8 octets */
310/* followed by options */
311} __packed;
312.Ed
313.Pp
314The
315.Fn inet6_option_space
316routine and family of routines may be used to manipulate this data.
317.Pp
318This option requires superuser privileges.
319Turning this option on will result in this socket getting cmsg data of
320type IPV6_DSTOPTS.
321.It Dv IPV6_TCLASS Fa "int *"
322Get or set the value of the traffic class field used for outgoing datagrams
323on this socket.
324The value must be between \-1 and 255.
325A value of \-1 resets to the default value.
326.It Dv IPV6_RECVTCLASS Fa "int *"
327Get or set the status of whether the traffic class header field will be
328provided as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
329.Xr recvmsg 2
330calls.
331The header field is stored as a single value of type
332.Vt int .
333.It Dv IPV6_RECVRTHDR Fa "int *"
334Get or set whether the routing header from subsequent packets will be
335provided as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
336.Xr recvmsg 2
337calls.
338The header is stored in the following structure in the ancillary data
339returned:
340.Bd -literal
341struct ip6_rthdr {
342	u_int8_t ip6r_nxt;	/* next header */
343	u_int8_t ip6r_len;	/* length in units of 8 octets */
344	u_int8_t ip6r_type;	/* routing type */
345	u_int8_t ip6r_segleft;	/* segments left */
346/* followed by routing-type-specific data */
347} __packed;
348.Ed
349.Pp
350The
351.Fn inet6_option_space
352routine and family of routines may be used to manipulate this data.
353.Pp
354This option requires superuser privileges.
355Turning this option on will result in this socket getting cmsg data of
356type IPV6_RTHDR.
357.It Dv IPV6_PKTOPTIONS Fa "struct cmsghdr *"
358Get or set all header options and extension headers at one time on the
359last packet sent or received on the socket.
360All options must fit within the size of an mbuf (see
361.Xr mbuf 9 ) .
362Options are specified as a series of
363.Vt cmsghdr
364structures followed by corresponding values.
365.Va cmsg_level
366is set to
367.Dv IPPROTO_IPV6 ,
368.Va cmsg_type
369to one of the other values in this list, and trailing data to the option
370value.
371When setting options, if the length
372.Va optlen
373to
374.Xr setsockopt 2
375is zero, all header options will be reset to their default values.
376Otherwise, the length should specify the size the series of control
377messages consumes.
378.Pp
379Instead of using
380.Xr sendmsg 2
381to specify option values, the ancillary data used in these calls that
382correspond to the desired header options may be directly specified as
383the control message in the series of control messages provided as the
384argument to
385.Xr setsockopt 2 .
386.It Dv IPV6_CHECKSUM Fa "int *"
387Get or set the byte offset into a packet where the 16-bit checksum is
388located.
389When set, this byte offset is where incoming packets will be expected
390to have checksums of their data stored and where outgoing packets will
391have checksums of their data computed and stored by the kernel.
392A value of \-1 specifies that no checksums will be checked on incoming
393packets and that no checksums will be computed or stored on outgoing
394packets.
395The offset of the checksum for ICMPv6 sockets cannot be relocated or
396turned off.
397.It Dv IPV6_V6ONLY Fa "int *"
398Get or set whether only IPv6 connections can be made to this socket.
399For wildcard sockets, this can restrict connections to IPv6 only.
400With
401.Ox
402IPv6 sockets are always IPv6-only, so the socket option is read-only
403(not modifiable).
404.It Dv IPV6_FAITH Fa "int *"
405Get or set the status of whether
406.Xr faith 4
407connections can be made to this socket.
408.It Dv IPV6_USE_MIN_MTU Fa "int *"
409Get or set whether the minimal IPv6 maximum transmission unit (MTU) size
410will be used to avoid fragmentation from occurring for subsequent
411outgoing datagrams.
412.It Dv IPV6_AUTH_LEVEL Fa "int *"
413Get or set the
414.Xr ipsec 4
415authentication level.
416.It Dv IPV6_ESP_TRANS_LEVEL Fa "int *"
417Get or set the ESP transport level.
418.It Dv IPV6_ESP_NETWORK_LEVEL Fa "int *"
419Get or set the ESP encapsulation level.
420.It Dv IPV6_IPCOMP_LEVEL Fa "int *"
421Get or set the
422.Xr ipcomp 4
423level.
424.El
425.Pp
426The
427.Dv IPV6_RECVPKTINFO ,
428.\" .Dv IPV6_RECVNEXTHOP ,
429.Dv IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT ,
430.Dv IPV6_RECVHOPOPTS ,
431.Dv IPV6_RECVDSTOPTS ,
432and
433.Dv IPV6_RTHDR
434options will return ancillary data along with payload contents in subsequent
435.Xr recvmsg 2
436calls with
437.Va cmsg_level
438set to
439.Dv IPPROTO_IPV6
440and
441.Va cmsg_type
442set to respective option name value (e.g.,
443.Dv IPV6_HOPLIMIT ) .
444These options may also be used directly as ancillary
445.Va cmsg_type
446values in
447.Xr sendmsg 2
448to set options on the packet being transmitted by the call.
449The
450.Va cmsg_level
451value must be
452.Dv IPPROTO_IPV6 .
453For these options, the ancillary data object value format is the same
454as the value returned as explained for each when received with
455.Xr recvmsg 2 .
456.Pp
457Note that using
458.Xr sendmsg 2
459to specify options on particular packets works only on UDP and raw sockets.
460To manipulate header options for packets on TCP sockets, only the socket
461options may be used.
462.Pp
463In some cases, there are multiple APIs defined for manipulating an IPv6
464header field.
465A good example is the outgoing interface for multicast datagrams, which
466can be set by the
467.Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_IF
468socket option, through the
469.Dv IPV6_RECVPKTINFO
470option, and through the
471.Va sin6_scope_id
472field of the socket address passed to the
473.Xr sendto 2
474system call.
475.Pp
476Resolving these conflicts is implementation dependent.
477This implementation determines the value in the following way:
478options specified by using ancillary data (i.e.,
479.Xr sendmsg 2 )
480are considered first,
481options specified by using
482.Dv IPV6_PKTOPTIONS
483to set
484.Dq sticky
485options are considered second,
486options specified by using the individual, basic, and direct socket
487options (e.g.,
488.Dv IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS )
489are considered third,
490and options specified in the socket address supplied to
491.Xr sendto 2
492are the last choice.
493.Ss Multicasting
494IPv6 multicasting is supported only on
495.Dv AF_INET6
496sockets of type
497.Dv SOCK_DGRAM
498and
499.Dv SOCK_RAW ,
500and only on networks where the interface driver supports
501multicasting.
502Socket options (see above) that manipulate membership of
503multicast groups and other multicast options include
504.Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_IF ,
505.Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS ,
506.Dv IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP ,
507.Dv IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP ,
508and
509.Dv IPV6_JOIN_GROUP .
510.Ss Raw Sockets
511Raw IPv6 sockets are connectionless and are normally used with the
512.Xr sendto 2
513and
514.Xr recvfrom 2
515calls, although the
516.Xr connect 2
517call may be used to fix the destination address for future outgoing
518packets so that
519.Xr send 2
520may instead be used and the
521.Xr bind 2
522call may be used to fix the source address for future outgoing
523packets instead of having the kernel choose a source address.
524.Pp
525By using
526.Xr connect 2
527or
528.Xr bind 2 ,
529raw socket input is constrained to only packets with their
530source address matching the socket destination address if
531.Xr connect 2
532was used and to packets with their destination address
533matching the socket source address if
534.Xr bind 2
535was used.
536.Pp
537If the
538.Ar proto
539argument to
540.Xr socket 2
541is zero, the default protocol
542.Pq Dv IPPROTO_RAW
543is used for outgoing packets.
544For incoming packets, protocols recognized by kernel are
545.Sy not
546passed to the application socket (e.g.,
547.Xr tcp 4
548and
549.Xr udp 4 )
550except for some ICMPv6 messages.
551The ICMPv6 messages not passed to raw sockets include echo, timestamp,
552and address mask requests.
553If
554.Ar proto
555is non-zero, only packets with this protocol will be passed to the
556socket.
557.Pp
558IPv6 fragments are also not passed to application sockets until
559they have been reassembled.
560If reception of all packets is desired, link-level access (such as
561.Xr bpf 4 )
562must be used instead.
563.Pp
564Outgoing packets automatically have an IPv6 header prepended to them
565(based on the destination address and the protocol number the socket
566was created with).
567Incoming packets are received by an application without the IPv6 header
568or any extension headers.
569.Pp
570Outgoing packets will be fragmented automatically by the kernel if they
571are too large.
572Incoming packets will be reassembled before being sent to the raw socket,
573so packet fragments or fragment headers will never be seen on a raw socket.
574.Sh EXAMPLES
575The following determines the hop limit on the next packet received:
576.Bd -literal
577struct iovec iov[2];
578u_char buf[BUFSIZ];
579struct cmsghdr *cm;
580struct msghdr m;
581int found, optval;
582u_char data[2048];
583
584/* Create socket. */
585
586(void)memset(&m, 0, sizeof(m));
587(void)memset(&iov, 0, sizeof(iov));
588
589iov[0].iov_base = data;		/* buffer for packet payload */
590iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(data);	/* expected packet length */
591
592m.msg_name = &from;		/* sockaddr_in6 of peer */
593m.msg_namelen = sizeof(from);
594m.msg_iov = iov;
595m.msg_iovlen = 1;
596m.msg_control = (caddr_t)buf;	/* buffer for control messages */
597m.msg_controllen = sizeof(buf);
598
599/*
600 * Enable the hop limit value from received packets to be
601 * returned along with the payload.
602 */
603optval = 1;
604if (setsockopt(s, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT, &optval,
605    sizeof(optval)) == -1)
606	err(1, "setsockopt");
607
608found = 0;
609while (!found) {
610	if (recvmsg(s, &m, 0) == -1)
611		err(1, "recvmsg");
612	for (cm = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&m); cm != NULL;
613	     cm = CMSG_NXTHDR(&m, cm)) {
614		if (cm->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IPV6 &&
615		    cm->cmsg_type == IPV6_HOPLIMIT &&
616		    cm->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int))) {
617			found = 1;
618			(void)printf("hop limit: %d\en",
619			    *(int *)CMSG_DATA(cm));
620			break;
621		}
622	}
623}
624.Ed
625.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
626A socket operation may fail with one of the following errors returned:
627.Bl -tag -width EADDRNOTAVAILxx
628.It Bq Er EISCONN
629when trying to establish a connection on a socket which
630already has one or when trying to send a datagram with the destination
631address specified and the socket is already connected.
632.It Bq Er ENOTCONN
633when trying to send a datagram, but
634no destination address is specified, and the socket hasn't been
635connected.
636.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
637when the system runs out of memory for
638an internal data structure.
639.It Bq Er EADDRNOTAVAIL
640when an attempt is made to create a
641socket with a network address for which no network interface
642exists.
643.It Bq Er EACCES
644when an attempt is made to create
645a raw IPv6 socket by a non-privileged process.
646.El
647.Pp
648The following errors specific to IPv6 may occur when setting or getting
649header options:
650.Bl -tag -width EADDRNOTAVAILxx
651.It Bq Er EINVAL
652An unknown socket option name was given.
653.It Bq Er EINVAL
654An ancillary data object was improperly formed.
655.El
656.Sh SEE ALSO
657.Xr getsockopt 2 ,
658.Xr recv 2 ,
659.Xr send 2 ,
660.Xr setsockopt 2 ,
661.Xr socket 2 ,
662.\" .Xr inet6_option_space 3 ,
663.\" .Xr inet6_rthdr_space 3 ,
664.Xr if_nametoindex 3 ,
665.Xr bpf 4 ,
666.Xr icmp6 4 ,
667.Xr inet6 4 ,
668.Xr netintro 4 ,
669.Xr tcp 4 ,
670.Xr udp 4
671.Rs
672.%A S. Deering
673.%A R. Hinden
674.%T Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
675.%R RFC 2460
676.%D December 1998
677.Re
678.Rs
679.%A R. Gilligan
680.%A S. Thomson
681.%A J. Bound
682.%A W. Stevens
683.%T Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
684.%R RFC 2553
685.%D March 1999
686.Re
687.Rs
688.%A W. Stevens
689.%A B. Fenner
690.%A A. Rudoff
691.%T UNIX Network Programming, third edition
692.Re
693.Rs
694.%A W. Stevens
695.%A M. Thomas
696.%A E. Nordmark
697.%A T. Jinmei
698.%T Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for IPv6
699.%R RFC 3542
700.%D May 2003
701.Re
702.Sh STANDARDS
703Most of the socket options are defined in RFC 2553 or RFC 3542.
704The
705.Dv IPV6_V6ONLY
706socket option is defined in RFC 3493.
707The
708.Dv IPV6_PORTRANGE
709socket option and the conflict resolution rule are not defined in the
710RFCs and should be considered implementation dependent.
711