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Title : Modifying ICMP to Support Multi-part Messages
Author(s) : R. Bonica, et al.
Filename : draft-bonica-internet-icmp-09.txt
Pages : 19
Date : 2006-9-28
This document redefines selected ICMP messages to support multi-part
operation. A multi-part ICMP message carries all of the information
that ICMP messages carried previously, as well as additional
information that applications may require.
Multi-part messages are supported by an ICMP extension structure.
The extension structure is situated at the end of the ICMP message.
It includes an extension header followed by one or more extension
objects. Each extension object contains an object header and object
payload. All object headers share a common format.
This document further redefines a subset of the above mentioned ICMP
messages by specifying a length attribute. Many of the ICMP messages
to which an extension structure can be appended include an "original
datagram" field. The "original datagram" field contains the initial
octets of the datagram to which the ICMP message is a response.
Although the original datagram field is of variable length, the ICMP
message does not include a field that specifies its length.
Therefore, in order to facilitate message parsing, this draft
allocates eight previously reserved bits to reflect the length of the
"original datagram" field.
The proposed modifications change the requirements for ICMP
compliance. The impact of these changes on compliant implementations
is discussed, and new requirements for future implementations are
presented.
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