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RFC 5095: Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6

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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]

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Document ID
RFC5095
Published
December 2007
Authors
J. Abley; P. Savola; G. Neville-Neil
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
7
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