IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option
draft-ietf-6man-mtu-option-15

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Subject: Document Action: 'IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option' to Experimental RFC (draft-ietf-6man-mtu-option-15.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option'
  (draft-ietf-6man-mtu-option-15.txt) as Experimental RFC

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-mtu-option/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document specifies a new IPv6 Hop-by-Hop option that is used to
   record the minimum Path MTU along the forward path between a source
   host to a destination host.  The recorded value can then be
   communicated back to the source using the return Path MTU field in
   the option.

Working Group Summary

  This document is the product of the 6man working group. It is a part of the ongoing effort of improving path MTU discovery in the Internet.
  The mechanism described has been implemented as part of an IETF hackathon. It has undergone thorough review by multiple
  working group participants. It is experimental as described above.

Document Quality

  There are multiple prototype implementations of this mechanism as described in the implementation section of the draft.

  Directorate reviews have been submitted that contain important considerations.

Personnel

  Document Shepherd: Ole Troan
  Responsible Area Director: Erik Kline

IANA Note

  No new IANA registries.

RFC Editor Note