IPv6 Universal Extension Header
draft-gont-6man-ipv6-universal-extension-header-02
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| Authors | Fernando Gont , Will (Shucheng) LIU , Suresh Krishnan , Hagen Paul Pfeifer | ||
| Last updated | 2016-03-19 (Latest revision 2015-09-16) | ||
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Abstract
In IPv6, optional internet-layer information is encoded in separate headers that may be placed between the IPv6 header and the transport- layer header. There are a small number of such extension headers currently defined. This document describes the issues that can arise when defining new extension headers and specifies a new IPv6 Extension Header - the Universal Extension Header - that overcomes the aforementioned problem, while enabling the extensibility of IPv6. Finally, this document formally obsoletes RFC 6564.
Authors
Fernando Gont
Will (Shucheng) LIU
Suresh Krishnan
Hagen Paul Pfeifer
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