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IPv6 Diagnostic Header
draft-elkins-6man-ipv6-diagnostic-header-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Authors Lawrence Kratzke , Nalini Elkins , Michael Ackermann
Last updated 2011-07-04
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-elkins-6man-ipv6-diagnostic-header-00.txt

Abstract

The IPv4 main header contained a 16-bit IPID for fragmentation and reassembly. This field was commonly used by network diagnosticians for tracking packets on multi-tier networks. In IPv6, the IPID has been moved to the Fragment header. A new Diagnostic header for IPv6 which can be sent with every packet as a part of the Destination Options header with a 64-bit IPID is defined in this document.

Authors

Lawrence Kratzke
Nalini Elkins
Michael Ackermann

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