Please note this new draft related to embedding cyber security and reputation intelligence into IPv6 headers as destination options.
A new version of I-D, draft-macaulay-6man-packet-stain-00.txt has been successfully submitted by Tyson Macaulay and posted to the IETF repository. Filename: draft-macaulay-6man-packet-stain Revision: 00 Title: IPv6 packet staining Creation date: 2012-02-14 WG ID: Individual Submission Number of pages: 10 Abstract: This document specifies the application of security staining on an IPv6 datagrams and the minimum requirements for IPv6 nodes staining flows, IPv6 nodes forwarding stained packets and interpreting stains on flows. The usage of the packet staining destination option enables proactive delivery of security intelligence to IPv6 nodes such as firewalls and intrusion prevention systems, and end-points such servers, workstations, mobile and smart devices and an infinite array of as- yet-to-be-invented sensors and controllers. http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-macaulay-6man-packet-stain-00.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
