RFC 6436: Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification

Various published proposals for use of the IPv6 flow label are incompatible with its original specification in RFC 3697. Furthermore, very little practical…

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Outgoing relationships (8 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2205: Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
Informative reference — RFC 4302: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 6437: IPv6 Flow Label Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 3697: IPv6 Flow Label Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6294: Survey of Proposed Use Cases for the IPv6 Flow Label

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 7098: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Load Balancing in Server Farms