#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
  // if (header[6] == 0) {
#else
  // if (header[6] == 1) {
#endif
    input->need_swapping(false);
    tunnel->need_swapping = false;
  // } else {
    // input->need_swapping(true);
    // tunnel->need_swapping = true;
  //}

  fprintf(stderr, "need_swapping %d\n", input->need_swapping());

  // if (input->need_swapping() == true)
    byteswap((CORBA::Char*) &len, &header[7], sizeof(CORBA::UShort));
  // else
    // len = *((CORBA::UShort*) &header[7]);