Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered Harmful

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 12
Abstract: This document discusses the security implications of the generation of IPv6 atomic fragments and a number of interoperability issues associated with IPv6 atomic fragments. It concludes that the aforementioned functionality is undesirable and thus documents the motivation for removing this functionality from an upcoming revision of the core IPv6 protocol specification (RFC 2460).
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8021
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8021
Author(s): Fernando Gont
Will (Shucheng) LIU
Tore Anderson
Keyword(s): DoS, Extension Headers

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IETF RFC 2460 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2827 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4443 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4821 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4861 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6145 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6864 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7915 [Active*]

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IETF.draft-ietf-6man-rfc1981bis-03 — IPv6-PMTUD EXTERNAL
IETF.draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08 — IPv6-Spec EXTERNAL
Leiva Popper, A., "nf_defrag_ipv4 and nf_defrag_ipv6", April 2015, < https://github.com/NICMx/Jool/wiki/ nf_defrag_ipv4-and-nf_defrag_ipv6#implementation-gotchas >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2992 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4963 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5927 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6052 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6146 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6274 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6946 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7739 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7872 [Active*]

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