The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers' (draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops-08.txt) as Informational RFC
This document is the product of the IPv6 Operations Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Warren Kumari and Robert Wilton. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops/ Technical Summary This document summarizes the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers specified in the IPv6 protocol specification (RFC8200), and attempts to analyze reasons why packets with IPv6 extension headers are often dropped in the public Internet. Working Group Summary One point of contention observed during the IETF LC (and had been discussed during the WG evolution of this document) regarded the document scope. Some participants felt that the document should include more empirical data about the use and support of IPv6 extension headers in the Internet, potentially including information from vendors on what they support, to allow guidance to be given to end host developers as to how IPv6 extension headers can be successfully used. The rough consensus was that this issue is outside the scope of this document. Of course, it could be tackled by future work. Document Quality The document has been developed in the WG for quite a while, has had a lot of discussion, and has been reviewed by a good number of WG participants. Personnel Ron Bonica is the document shepherd. Rob Wilton is the area director. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
