The IESG has received a request from the IPv6 Operations WG (v6ops) to consider the following document: - 'Observations on the Dropping of Packets with IPv6 Extension Headers in the Real World' <draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-in-real-world-02.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-02-02. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document presents real-world data regarding the extent to which packets with IPv6 extension headers are dropped in the Internet (as originally measured in August 2014 and later in June 2015, with similar results), and where in the network such dropping occurs. The aforementioned results serve as a problem statement that is expected to trigger operational advice on the filtering of IPv6 packets carrying IPv6 Extension Headers, so that the situation improves over time. This document also explains how the aforementioned results were obtained, such that the corresponding measurements can be reproduced by other members of the community and repeated over time to observe changes in the handling of packets with IPv6 extension headers. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-in-real-world/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-in-real-world/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
