RFC 8956: Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules for IPv6
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
"Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules" (RFC 8955) provides a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) extension for the propagation of traffic flow information for the purpose of rate limiting or filtering IPv4 protocol data packets. This document extends RFC 8955 with IPv6 functionality. It also updates RFC 8955 by changing the IANA Flow Spec Component Types registry.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8956
- Published
- December 2020
- Authors
- C. Loibl; R. Raszuk; S. Hares
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 19
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 8955
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