A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8021 Title: Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered Harmful Author: F. Gont, W. Liu, T. Anderson Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: January 2017 Mailbox: fgont@si6networks.com, liushucheng@huawei.com, tore@redpill-linpro.com Pages: 12 Characters: 25686 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-atomfrag-generation-08.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8021 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8021 This document discusses the security implications of the generation of IPv6 atomic fragments and a number of interoperability issues associated with IPv6 atomic fragments. It concludes that the aforementioned functionality is undesirable and thus documents the motivation for removing this functionality from an upcoming revision of the core IPv6 protocol specification (RFC 2460). This document is a product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC