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IETF RFC 5722
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Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments

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IETF
Doc Type
Standard
Pages
6
Abstract
The fragmentation and reassembly algorithm specified in the base IPv6 specification allows fragments to overlap. This document demonstrates the security issues associated with allowing overlapping fragments and updates the IPv6 specification to explicitly forbid overlapping fragments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date
2009-12-01
Status Note
Proposed Standard
DOI
10.17487/RFC5722
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5722
Author(s)
Suresh Krishnan
Keyword(s)
Fragmentation
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