Greetings All, Please note that we are resending this RFC announcement because were notified that it did not appear in the ietf-announce archives. Please note that the date of publication is December 2009. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you. RFC Editor/sg On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:45:47AM -0800, RFC Editor wrote: > > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. > > > RFC 5722 > > Title: Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments > Author: S. Krishnan > Status: Standards Track > Date: December 2009 > Mailbox: suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com > Pages: 6 > Characters: 11838 > Updates: RFC2460 > > I-D Tag: draft-ietf-6man-overlap-fragment-03.txt > > URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5722.txt > > The fragmentation and reassembly algorithm specified in the base IPv6 > specification allows fragments to overlap. This document > demonstrates the security issues associated with allowing overlapping > fragments and updates the IPv6 specification to explicitly forbid > overlapping fragments. [STANDARDS TRACK] > > This document is a product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group of the IETF. > > This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. > > STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track > protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions > for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet > Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and > status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. > > This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. > To subscribe or unsubscribe, see > http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce > http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist > > For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. > For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. > > 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 > USC/Information Sciences Institute > _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
