RFC 9268: IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option

This document specifies a new IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option that is used to record the Minimum Path MTU (PMTU) along the forward path between a source host to a…

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Outgoing relationships (20 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 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 8446: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4302: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 9000: QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport
Informative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Informative reference — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
Informative reference — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 7637: NVGRE: Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation
Informative reference — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
Informative reference — RFC 1063: IP MTU discovery options
Informative reference — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks