rfc-9098

Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers

F. Gont, N. Hilliard, G. Doering, W. Kumari, G. Huston, W. Liu

date2021-09 streamIETF areaops wgv6ops statusINFORMATIONAL pages17 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9098 doi10.17487/RFC9098 errataview

This document summarizes the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers specified in the IPv6 protocol specification (RFC 8200) and attempts to analyze reasons why packets with IPv6 extension headers are often dropped in the public Internet.