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RFC 6282, "Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks", September 2011

Note: This RFC has been updated byRFC 8066

Errata ID:4814
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Dale R. Worley
Date Reported: 2016-09-27
Rejected by: Eric Vyncke
Date Rejected: 2024-04-23

Section 1 says:

Additionally, a Hop Limit value of 255 is often used to verify that acommunication occurs over a single-hop.

It should say:

Additionally, a Hop Limit value of 1 is often used to verify that acommunication occurs over a single-hop.

Notes:

The other Hop Limit values in this paragraph may also be mistaken.
The document treats the values 1, 64, and 255 specially, but fixing
this sentence would leave no reason for the value 255 to be treated
specially, so I expect that 255 is the value intended for another
sentence.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
Hop limit set to 255 is indeed used to detect a forward operation. I.e., the RFC 6282 is correct.

See also https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/6lo/bCUwBUFbxyfORIuqy5oWGBuwQR8/

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