Folks, FWIW, this version is meant to address the feedback we had received so far. Namely, clarifying what we mean by "entire ipv6 header chain2 in the presence of ESP and a clarification of the motivations for this I-D.
My take is that this latest rev is ready to ship. Thanks, Fernando On 07/15/2013 11:07 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 : Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains > Author(s) : Fernando Gont > Vishwas Manral > Ronald P. Bonica > Filename : draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-03.txt > Pages : 12 > Date : 2013-07-15 > > 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-03 > > A diff from the previous version is available at: > http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-03 > > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------