--- a/RELEASE_NOTES	Fri Feb 21 11:50:18 2014 -0500
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES	Fri Feb 21 09:12:38 2014 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
+- Bug 1294 - New PeekU8 () and Read (Buffer::Iterator start, uint32_t size) methods in Buffer::Iterator
 - Bug 1653 - Extension of CommandLine interface: restored operator << (CommandLine)
 - Bug 1739 - The endpoint is not deallocated for UDP sockets
 - Bug 1786 - os << int64x64_t prints un-normalized fractional values

--- a/src/network/model/buffer.h	Fri Feb 21 11:50:18 2014 -0500
+++ b/src/network/model/buffer.h	Fri Feb 21 09:12:38 2014 +0100
@@ -253,6 +253,13 @@
     /**
      * \return the byte read in the buffer.
      *
+     * Read data, but do not advance the Iterator read.
+     */
+    inline uint8_t  PeekU8 (void);
+
+    /**
+     * \return the byte read in the buffer.
+     *
      * Read data and advance the Iterator by the number of bytes
      * read.
      */
@@ -334,12 +341,22 @@
      * \param size number of bytes to copy
      *
      * Copy size bytes of data from the internal buffer to the
-     * input buffer and avance the Iterator by the number of
+     * input buffer and advance the Iterator by the number of
      * bytes read.
      */
     void Read (uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t size);
 
     /**
+     * \param start start iterator of the buffer to copy data into
+     * \param size  number of bytes to copy
+     *
+     * Copy size bytes of data from the internal buffer to the input buffer via
+     * the provided iterator and advance the Iterator by the number of bytes
+     * read.
+     */
+    inline void Read (Iterator start, uint32_t size);
+
+    /**
      * \brief Calculate the checksum.
      * \param size size of the buffer.
      * \return checksum
@@ -816,7 +833,7 @@
 }
 
 uint8_t
-Buffer::Iterator::ReadU8 (void)
+Buffer::Iterator::PeekU8 (void)
 {
   NS_ASSERT_MSG (m_current >= m_dataStart &&
                  m_current <= m_dataEnd,
@@ -825,22 +842,27 @@
   if (m_current < m_zeroStart)
     {
       uint8_t data = m_data[m_current];
-      m_current++;
       return data;
     }
   else if (m_current < m_zeroEnd)
     {
-      m_current++;
       return 0;
     }
   else
     {
       uint8_t data = m_data[m_current - (m_zeroEnd-m_zeroStart)];
-      m_current++;
       return data;
     }
 }
 
+uint8_t
+Buffer::Iterator::ReadU8 (void)
+{
+  uint8_t ret = PeekU8 ();
+  m_current ++;
+  return ret;
+}
+
 uint16_t 
 Buffer::Iterator::ReadU16 (void)
 {
@@ -853,6 +875,16 @@
   return data;
 }
 
+void
+Buffer::Iterator::Read (Buffer::Iterator start, uint32_t size)
+{
+  Buffer::Iterator end = *this;
+  end.Next (size);
+  
+  start.Write (*this, end);
+}
+
+
 Buffer::Buffer (Buffer const&o)
   : m_data (o.m_data),
     m_maxZeroAreaStart (o.m_zeroAreaStart),