RFC 2113: IP Router Alert Option

This memo describes a new IP Option type that alerts transit routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP packet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Incoming relationships (17 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6398: IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5350: IANA Considerations for the IPv4 and IPv6 Router Alert Options
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3811: Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5979: NSIS Operation over IP Tunnels
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9776: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7126: Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 Options
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9570: Deprecating the Use of Router Alert in LSP Ping
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5706: Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5102: Information Model for IP Flow Information Export
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5971: GIST: General Internet Signalling Transport
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3175: Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4782: Quick-Start for TCP and IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7506: IPv6 Router Alert Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6016: Support for the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) in Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9170: Long-Term Viability of Protocol Extension Mechanisms