IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures
draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures'
  (draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing-20.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Erik Kline and Éric Vyncke.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-hbh-processing/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document specifies procedures for how IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options
   are processed in IPv6 routers and hosts.  It modifies the procedures
   specified in the IPv6 Protocol Specification (RFC8200) to make
   processing of the IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options header practical with the
   goal of making IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options useful to deploy and use in
   the Internet.  When published, this document updates RFC8200.

Working Group Summary

   Nothing especially noteworthy (see shepherd write-up).  Hop-by-Hop
   options and how to make them useful elicits many opinions, but
   overall this work is attempting to make net improvement in the
   utility of HbH options.

Document Quality

   No specific implementations of these recommended behavioural changes.
   Many implementations of HbH option processing, in the general case.
   Several folks, including folks working for router vendors, appear
   the "Acknowledgements" section.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Jen Linkova. The Responsible
   Area Director is Erik Kline.

IANA Note

  N/A

RFC Editor Note