RFC 6169 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011

Security Concerns with IP Tunneling

Overview

RFC 6169, “Security Concerns with IP Tunneling”, is an Informational document published in April 2011 by S. Krishnan, D. Thaler, J. Hoagland. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

A number of security concerns with IP tunnels are documented in this memo. The intended audience of this document includes network administrators and future protocol developers. The primary intent of this document is to raise the awareness level regarding the security issues with IP tunnels as deployed and propose strategies for the mitigation of those issues. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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