RFC 9098 - Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers

Fernando Gont
Nick Hilliard
Gert Doering
Geoff Huston
Will (Shucheng) Liu
IETF Request For Comments, RFC Editor (2021), pp. 17

Abstract

This document summarizes the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers specified in the IPv6 protocol specification (RFC 8200) and attempts to analyze reasons why packets with IPv6 extension
headers are often dropped in the public Internet.