RFC 7039 · INFORMATIONAL · 2013

Source Address Validation Improvement Framework

Overview

RFC 7039, “Source Address Validation Improvement Framework”, is an Informational document published in October 2013 by J. Wu, J. Bi, M. Bagnulo, F. Baker, C. Vogt. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Source Address Validation Improvement (SAVI) methods were developed to prevent nodes attached to the same IP link from spoofing each other's IP addresses, so as to complement ingress filtering with finer-grained, standardized IP source address validation. This document is a framework document that describes and motivates the design of the SAVI methods. Particular SAVI methods are described in other documents.

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