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RFC 5722: Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments

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The fragmentation and reassembly algorithm specified in the base IPv6 specification allows fragments to overlap. This document demonstrates the security issues associated with allowing overlapping fragments and updates the IPv6 specification to explicitly forbid overlapping fragments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5722
Published
December 2009
Authors
S. Krishnan
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
6
Also known as
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Updates:
RFC 2460
Updated by:
RFC 6946

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