The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Observations on the Dropping of Packets with IPv6 Extension Headers in the Real World' (draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-in-real-world-02.txt) as Informational RFC This document is the product of the IPv6 Operations Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Benoit Claise and Joel Jaeggli. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-in-real-world/ Technical Summary This document presents real-world data regarding the extent to which packets with IPv6 extension headers are dropped in the Internet (as originally measured in August 2014 and later in June 2015, with similar results), and where in the network such dropping occurs The document is an informational draft, intended it to solicit operational advice on treatment of packets with EH. Working Group Summary Interest level has varied; related work was presented at IEPG and v6ops besides this draft. About 250 mailing list comments from more than 30 people over 16 months, good discussion at several WG meetings. During WGLC there were affirmative comments, some nits which have been addressed. There were some controversial elements, but they have been addressed. The document makes no recommendations; the WG is considering another document, and may suggest 6man work. There have been no formal reviews, nor do I think any are necessary. Document Quality The authors tested several kinds of EH packets to many hosts on many networks. The described results; may be taken as a problem statement, or simply as feedback to the IETF on the success of Extension Headers. Personnel Shepherd: Lee Howard AD: Joel Jaeggli
