Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification
RFC 6436, “Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification”, is an Informational document published in November 2011 by S. Amante, B. Carpenter, S. Jiang. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Various published proposals for use of the IPv6 flow label are incompatible with its original specification in RFC 3697. Furthermore, very little practical use is made of the flow label, partly due to some uncertainties about the correct interpretation of the specification. This document discusses and motivates changes to the specification in order to clarify it and to introduce some additional flexibility. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
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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