Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 40
Abstract: This document provides an applicability statement for the use of UDP transport checksums with IPv6. It defines recommendations and requirements for the use of IPv6 UDP datagrams with a zero UDP checksum. It describes the issues and design principles that need to be considered when UDP is used with IPv6 to support tunnel encapsulations, and it examines the role of the IPv6 UDP transport checksum. The document also identifies issues and constraints for deployment on network paths that include middleboxes. An appendix presents a summary of the trade-offs that were considered in evaluating the safety of the update to RFC 2460 that changes the use of the UDP checksum with IPv6.
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6936
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6936
Author(s): Gorry Fairhurst
Magnus Westerlund

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Normative Reference(s)

IETF RFC 768 [Active*]
IETF RFC 791 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2460 [Superseded*]
RFC6935 — RFC6935 EXTERNAL

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Bumgardner, G., "Automatic Multicast Tunneling" , Work in Progress, June 2012. EXTERNAL
Fairhurst, G., "The UDP Tunnel Transport mode" , Work in Progress, February 2010. EXTERNAL
Stone, J. and C. Partridge, "When the CRC and TCP Checksum Disagree", 2000, < http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2000/conf/ abstract/9-1.htm >. EXTERNAL
Touch, J. and M. Townsley, "Tunnels in the Internet Architecture", Work in Progress, March 2010. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 793 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1071 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1141 [Active*]
RFC1624 — RFC1624 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2827 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3550 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3819 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3828 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4443 [Active*]
RFC4963 — RFC4963 EXTERNAL
RFC5097 — RFC5097 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5405 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5415 [Active*]
RFC5722 — RFC5722 EXTERNAL
RFC6437 — RFC6437 EXTERNAL
RFC6438 — RFC6438 EXTERNAL
RFC6830 — RFC6830 EXTERNAL

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IETF RFC 7252 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8085 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8200 [Active*]