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PROPOSED STANDARD

Author:

T. Herbert

Stream:

IETF

Source:

6man (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8883

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Abstract

Network nodes may discard packets if they are unable to processprotocol headers of packets due to processing constraints or limits.When such packets are dropped, the sender receives no indication, soit cannot take action to address the cause of discarded packets. Thisspecification defines several new ICMPv6 errors that can be sent by anode that discards packets because it is unable to process theprotocol headers. A node that receives such an ICMPv6 error may usethe information to diagnose packet loss and may modify what it sendsin future packets to avoid subsequent packet discards.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.