draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-atomfrag-generation-02.txt | draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-atomfrag-generation-03.txt | |||
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IPv6 maintenance Working Group (6man) F. Gont | IPv6 maintenance Working Group (6man) F. Gont | |||
Internet-Draft SI6 Networks / UTN-FRH | Internet-Draft SI6 Networks / UTN-FRH | |||
Updates: 2460, 6145 (if approved) W. Liu | Updates: 2460 (if approved) W. Liu | |||
Intended status: Standards Track Huawei Technologies | Intended status: Standards Track Huawei Technologies | |||
Expires: January 5, 2016 T. Anderson | Expires: January 5, 2016 T. Anderson | |||
Redpill Linpro | Redpill Linpro | |||
July 4, 2015 | July 4, 2015 | |||
Deprecating the Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments | Deprecating the Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments | |||
draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-atomfrag-generation-02 | draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-atomfrag-generation-03 | |||
Abstract | Abstract | |||
The core IPv6 specification requires that when a host receives an | The core IPv6 specification requires that when a host receives an | |||
ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" message reporting an MTU smaller than 1280 | ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" message reporting an MTU smaller than 1280 | |||
bytes, the host includes a Fragment Header in all subsequent packets | bytes, the host includes a Fragment Header in all subsequent packets | |||
sent to that destination, without reducing the assumed Path-MTU. The | sent to that destination, without reducing the assumed Path-MTU. The | |||
simplicity with which ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" messages can be forged, | simplicity with which ICMPv6 "Packet Too Big" messages can be forged, | |||
coupled with the widespread filtering of IPv6 fragments, results in | coupled with the widespread filtering of IPv6 fragments, results in | |||
an attack vector that can be leveraged for Denial of Service | an attack vector that can be leveraged for Denial of Service | |||
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