AH protocol (IPv6 Option)

Field name

Description

Type

ah

Authentication Header

No value (only supports checking if file exists or not)

ah.next_header

Next Header

Signed/Unsigned Integer Value

ah.length

Length

Unsigned Integer, 1 byte

ah.reserved

Reserved

String of hexadecimal bytes

ah.spi

Authentication Header Security Parameter Index

Unsigned Integer, 4 byte

ah.icv

Authentication Header Integrity Check Value

String of hexadecimal bytes

ah.sequence

Authentication Header Sequence Number

Unsigned Integer, 4 byte