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BCP 186
RFC 7126
Title: Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4
Packets Containing IPv4 Options
Author: F. Gont, R. Atkinson,
C. Pignataro
Status: Best Current Practice
Stream: IETF
Date: February 2014
Mailbox: fgont@si6networks.com,
rja.lists@gmail.com,
cpignata@cisco.com
Pages: 36
Characters: 72504
See Also: BCP 186
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering-07.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7126.txt
This document provides advice on the filtering of IPv4 packets based
on the IPv4 options they contain. Additionally, it discusses the
operational and interoperability implications of dropping packets
based on the IP options they contain.
This document is a product of the Operational Security Capabilities for IP Network Infrastructure Working Group of the IETF.
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