RFC 9288: Recommendations on the Filtering of IPv6 Packets Containing IPv6 Extension Headers at Transit Routers

This document analyzes the security implications of IPv6 Extension Headers and associated IPv6 options. Additionally, it discusses the operational and…

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Outgoing relationships (46 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
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Normative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4303: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Normative reference — RFC 2205: Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4302: IP Authentication Header
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normative reference — RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3692: Assigning Experimental and Testing Numbers Considered Useful
Normative reference — RFC 8754: IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH)
Normative reference — RFC 4727: Experimental Values In IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4, ICMPv6, UDP, and TCP Headers
Normative reference — RFC 5095: Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 5971: GIST: General Internet Signalling Transport
Normative reference — RFC 2675: IPv6 Jumbograms
Normative reference — RFC 2711: IPv6 Router Alert Option
Normative reference — RFC 5533: Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 6554: An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Normative reference — RFC 7045: Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension Headers
Normative reference — RFC 6553: The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
Normative reference — RFC 6740: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Architectural Description
Normative reference — RFC 6744: IPv6 Nonce Destination Option for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol for IPv6 (ILNPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 7401: Host Identity Protocol Version 2 (HIPv2)
Normative reference — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
Normative reference — RFC 4286: Multicast Router Discovery
Normative reference — RFC 5570: Common Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option (CALIPSO)
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Normative reference — RFC 4782: Quick-Start for TCP and IP
Normative reference — RFC 6398: IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage
Normative reference — RFC 7112: Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains
Normative reference — RFC 6621: Simplified Multicast Forwarding
Normative reference — RFC 8250: IPv6 Performance and Diagnostic Metrics (PDM) Destination Option
Normative reference — RFC 7731: Multicast Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (MPL)
Normative reference — RFC 6788: The Line-Identification Option
Normative reference — RFC 6971: Depth-First Forwarding (DFF) in Unreliable Networks
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6192: Protecting the Router Control Plane
Informative reference — RFC 7739: Security Implications of Predictable Fragment Identification Values
Informative reference — RFC 7872: Observations on the Dropping of Packets with IPv6 Extension Headers in the Real World
Informative reference — RFC 3871: Operational Security Requirements for Large Internet Service Provider (ISP) IP Network Infrastructure
Informative reference — RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers
Informative reference — RFC 7126: Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 Options

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9673: IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures