Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
RFC 8201
| Document | Type |
RFC - Internet Standard
(July 2017; No errata)
Obsoletes RFC 1981
Also known as STD 87
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2017-07-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-hinden-6man-rfc1981bis | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Ole Trøan | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2017-01-27) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8201 (Internet Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Suresh Krishnan | ||
| Send notices to | "Ole Troan" <otroan@employees.org> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IANA Actions | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. McCann
Request for Comments: 8201 Digital Equipment Corporation
STD: 87 S. Deering
Obsoletes: 1981 Retired
Category: Standards Track J. Mogul
ISSN: 2070-1721 Digital Equipment Corporation
R. Hinden, Ed.
Check Point Software
July 2017
Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Abstract
This document describes Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) for IP version 6.
It is largely derived from RFC 1191, which describes Path MTU
Discovery for IP version 4. It obsoletes RFC 1981.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8201.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. Implementation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. Layering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. Storing PMTU Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.3. Purging Stale PMTU Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.4. Packetization Layer Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.5. Issues for Other Transport Protocols . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.6. Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Appendix A. Comparison to RFC 1191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appendix B. Changes Since RFC 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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1. Introduction
When one IPv6 node has a large amount of data to send to another
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