A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7690 Title: Close Encounters of the ICMP Type 2 Kind (Near Misses with ICMPv6 Packet Too Big (PTB)) Author: M. Byerly, M. Hite, J. Jaeggli Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: January 2016 Mailbox: suckawha@gmail.com, mhite@hotmail.com, joelja@gmail.com Pages: 9 Characters: 19061 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-v6ops-pmtud-ecmp-problem-06.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7690 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7690 This document calls attention to the problem of delivering ICMPv6 type 2 "Packet Too Big" (PTB) messages to the intended destination (typically the server) in ECMP load-balanced or anycast network architectures. It discusses operational mitigations that can be employed to address this class of failures. This document is a product of the IPv6 Operations Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://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 Association Management Solutions, LLC