rfc-8367

Wrongful Termination of Internet Protocol (IP) Packets

T. Mizrahi, J. Yallouz

date2018-04-01 streamINDEPENDENT statusINFORMATIONAL pages6 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8367 doi10.17487/RFC8367

Routers and middleboxes terminate packets for various reasons. In some cases, these packets are wrongfully terminated. This memo describes some of the most common scenarios of wrongful termination of Internet Protocol (IP) packets and presents recommendations for mitigating them.