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PROPOSED STANDARD
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Authors:
S. Krishnan
J. Woodyatt
E. Kline
J. Hoagland
M. Bhatia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6564
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Abstract
In IPv6, optional internet-layer information is encoded in separate headers that may be placed between the IPv6 header and the transport-layer header. There are a small number of such extension headers currently defined. This document describes the issues that can arise when defining new extension headers and discusses the alternate extension mechanisms in IPv6. It also provides a common format for defining any new IPv6 extension headers, if they are needed. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.