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Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments
draft-ietf-6man-overlap-fragment-03

RFC
Document Stream: IETF
Last updated: 2009-07-03
Replaces: draft-krishnan-6man-overlap-fragment
Intended RFC status: Proposed Standard
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IESG State: RFC 5722
IANA Action State: No IC 
Responsible AD: Jari Arkko
Send notices to: 6man-chairs@tools.ietf.org, draft-ietf-6man-overlap-fragment@tools.ietf.org

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http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-6man-overlap-fragment.

Abstract:
The fragmentation and reassembly algorithm specified in the base IPv6 specification allows fragments to overlap. This document demonstrates the security issues associated with allowing overlapping fragments and updates the IPv6 specification to explicitly forbid overlapping fragments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Authors:
Suresh Krishnan <suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com>

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