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IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Header Handling
draft-baker-6man-hbh-header-handling-03

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (6man WG)
Expired & archived
Author Fred Baker
Last updated 2015-10-20 (Latest revision 2015-10-07)
Replaced by draft-ietf-6man-hbh-header-handling
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Abstract

This note updates the IPv6 Specification (RFC 2460), specifically commenting on the Hop-by-Hop Options Header (section 4.3) and option format and handling (section 4.2). It also updates RFC 7045, which noted that RFC 2460 is widely violated in this respect, but merely legitimized this situation with a SHOULD. The present document tries to address the issue more fundamentally.

Authors

Fred Baker

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