Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
RFC 5095, “Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6”, is a Proposed Standard document published in December 2007 by J. Abley, P. Savola, G. Neville-Neil. It updates RFC 2460, RFC 4294. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The functionality provided by IPv6's Type 0 Routing Header can be exploited in order to achieve traffic amplification over a remote path for the purposes of generating denial-of-service traffic. This document updates the IPv6 specification to deprecate the use of IPv6 Type 0 Routing Headers, in light of this security concern. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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