@techreport{eastlake-6man-hide-options-07, number = {draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options-07}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options/07/}, author = {Donald E. Eastlake 3rd and Jie Dong}, title = {{Transient Hiding of Hop-by-Hop Options}}, pagetotal = 10, year = 2024, month = jun, day = 23, abstract = {There are an increasing number of IPv6 hop-by-hop options specified but such IPv6 options are poorly handled, particularly by high-speed routers in the core Internet where packets having options may be 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 or mishandling.}, }