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RFC 6666
Title: A Discard Prefix for IPv6
Author: N. Hilliard, D. Freedman
Status: Informational
Stream: IETF
Date: August 2012
Mailbox: nick@inex.ie,
david.freedman@uk.clara.net
Pages: 6
Characters: 10658
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-discard-prefix-05.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6666.txt
Remote triggered black hole filtering describes a method of
mitigating the effects of denial-of-service attacks by selectively
discarding traffic based on source or destination address. Remote
triggered black hole routing describes a method of selectively re-
routing traffic into a sinkhole router (for further analysis) based
on destination address. This document updates the "IPv6 Special
Purpose Address Registry" by explaining why a unique IPv6 prefix
should be formally assigned by IANA for the purpose of facilitating
IPv6 remote triggered black hole filtering and routing. This document
is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for
informational purposes.
This document is a product of the IPv6 Operations Working Group of the IETF.
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