@techreport{eastlake-6man-hide-options-02, number = {draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options-02}, author = {Donald E. Eastlake 3rd}, title = {{Transient Hiding of Hop-by-Hop Options}}, pagetotal = 14, year = 2022, month = apr, day = 11, abstract = {There are increasing requests for a variety IPv6 hop-by-hop options but such IPv6 options are poorly handled, particularly by high-speed routers in the core Internet where packets having options are commonly discarded. This document proposes a simple method of transiently hiding such options for part of a packet's path to protect the packet from discard.}, }