@techreport{jabley-ipv6-rh0-is-evil-00, number = {draft-jabley-ipv6-rh0-is-evil-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jabley-ipv6-rh0-is-evil/00/}, author = {Joe Abley}, title = {{Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6}}, pagetotal = 13, year = 2007, month = may, day = 7, abstract = {The functionality provided by IPv6's Type 0 Routing Header can be exploited in order to perform remote network discovery, to bypass firewalls and to achieve packet amplification for the purposes of generating denial-of-service traffic. This document updates the IPv6 specification to deprecate the use of IPv6 Type 0 Routing Headers, in the light of these security concerns.}, }