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RFC 9098 - Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers

Warren Kumari

Fernando Gont

Nick Hilliard

Gert Doering

Geoff Huston

Will (Shucheng) Liu

IETF Request For Comments, RFC Editor (2021), pp. 17

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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.

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