Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered Harmful
RFC 8021, “Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered Harmful”, is an Informational document published in January 2017 by F. Gont, W. Liu, T. Anderson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document discusses the security implications of the generation of IPv6 atomic fragments and a number of interoperability issues associated with IPv6 atomic fragments. It concludes that the aforementioned functionality is undesirable and thus documents the motivation for removing this functionality from an upcoming revision of the core IPv6 protocol specification (RFC 2460).
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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