%% You should probably cite draft-tsou-6man-hbh-header-update-01 instead of this revision. @techreport{tsou-6man-hbh-header-update-00, number = {draft-tsou-6man-hbh-header-update-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-tsou-6man-hbh-header-update/00/}, author = {Sreenatha Setty and Tina Tsou (Ting ZOU)}, title = {{Update to the processing of the Hop-by-Hop Options extension header}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 2012, month = mar, day = 5, abstract = {The Hop-by-Hop Options header is used to convey optional information that must be examined by every node along a packet's delivery path. This document updates RFC2460, removing the requirement that source nodes must process the Hop-by-Hop extension header, on the basis that it imposes a performance impact with no advantages.}, }