IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Experimental
Pages: 20
Abstract: This document specifies a new IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option that is used to record the Minimum Path MTU (PMTU) along the forward path between a source host to a destination host. The recorded value can then be communicated back to the source using the return Path MTU field in the Option.
Publication Date: 2022-08-01
Status Note: Experimental
DOI: 10.17487/RFC9268
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9268
Author(s): Bob Hinden
Gorry Fairhurst
Keyword(s): DPLPMTUD, PMTUD

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Normative Reference(s)

IANA, "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-parameters/>. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8174 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8200 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8201 [Active*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

IETF.draft-ietf-taps-arch-12 — I-D.ietf-taps-arch EXTERNAL
"Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer", <https://www.wireshark.org>. EXTERNAL
FD.io, "VPP/What is VPP?", <https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/What_is_VPP%3F>. EXTERNAL
"vpp", commit 21948, ip: HBH MTU recording for IPv6, <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/vpp/+/21948>. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 1063 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1191 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2460 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4301 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 4302 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4443 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4821 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4861 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6438 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7637 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8085 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8446 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 8899 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8900 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9000 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9099 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 9673 [Active*]