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RFC 6436: Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification

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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.

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Document ID
RFC6436
Published
November 2011
Authors
S. Amante; B. Carpenter; S. Jiang
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
13
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