Folks, I've posted a rev of draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain. It incorporates a clarification of what we mean by "entire IPv6 header chain", as suggested by Suresh.
Since this I-D is very simple and short, and has been pretty stable for a while, I personally think that it should be ready for WGLC. Thoughts? Best regards, Fernando On 07/16/2012 10:38 PM, internet-dra...@ietf.org wrote: > > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > This draft is a work item of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group of the IETF. > > Title : Security and Interoperability Implications of > Oversized IPv6 Header Chains > Author(s) : Fernando Gont > Vishwas Manral > Filename : draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-01.txt > Pages : 13 > Date : 2012-07-16 > > Abstract: > The IPv6 specification allows IPv6 header chains of an arbitrary > size. The specification also allows options which can in turn extend > each of the headers. In those scenarios in which the IPv6 header > chain or options are unusually long and packets are fragmented, or > scenarios in which the fragment size is very small, the first > fragment of a packet may fail to include the entire IPv6 header > chain. This document discusses the interoperability and security > problems of such traffic, and updates RFC 2460 such that the first > fragment of a packet is required to contain the entire IPv6 header > chain. > > > The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain > > There's also a htmlized version available at: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-01 > > A diff from previous version is available at: > http://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-01 > > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Fernando Gont SI6 Networks e-mail: fg...@si6networks.com PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
