RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile

This document describes IP fragmentation and explains how it introduces fragility to Internet communication. This document also proposes alternatives to IP…

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Outgoing relationships (44 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Normative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Normative reference — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Normative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Normative reference — RFC 6437: IPv6 Flow Label Specification
Normative reference — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
Normative reference — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5340: OSPF for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 2784: Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Informative reference — RFC 2003: IP Encapsulation within IP
Informative reference — RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Informative reference — RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6888: Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)
Informative reference — RFC 6346: The Address plus Port (A+P) Approach to the IPv4 Address Shortage
Informative reference — RFC 1858: Security Considerations for IP Fragment Filtering
Informative reference — RFC 4963: IPv4 Reassembly Errors at High Data Rates
Informative reference — RFC 4890: Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls
Informative reference — RFC 5927: ICMP Attacks against TCP
Informative reference — RFC 4459: MTU and Fragmentation Issues with In-the-Network Tunneling
Informative reference — RFC 5722: Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments
Informative reference — RFC 7676: IPv6 Support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Informative reference — RFC 3128: Protection Against a Variant of the Tiny Fragment Attack (RFC 1858)
Informative reference — RFC 5326: Licklider Transmission Protocol - Specification
Informative reference — RFC 7739: Security Implications of Predictable Fragment Identification Values
Informative reference — RFC 7872: Observations on the Dropping of Packets with IPv6 Extension Headers in the Real World
Informative reference — RFC 8086: GRE-in-UDP Encapsulation
Informative reference — RFC 7424: Mechanisms for Optimizing Link Aggregation Group (LAG) and Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Component Link Utilization in Networks
Informative reference — RFC 7098: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Load Balancing in Server Farms
Informative reference — RFC 7588: A Widely Deployed Solution to the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Fragmentation Problem

Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9288: Recommendations on the Filtering of IPv6 Packets Containing IPv6 Extension Headers at Transit Routers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8930: On Forwarding 6LoWPAN Fragments over a Multi-Hop IPv6 Network
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9715: IP Fragmentation Avoidance in DNS over UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9188: Generic Multi-Access (GMA) Encapsulation Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9268: IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10001: Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 Environments