{"draft":"draft-ietf-ipv6-deprecate-rh0-01","doc_id":"RFC5095","title":"Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6","authors":["J. Abley","P. Savola","G. Neville-Neil"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"7","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Version 6 Working Group","abstract":"The functionality provided by IPv6's Type 0 Routing Header can be\r\nexploited in order to achieve traffic amplification over a remote\r\npath for the purposes of generating denial-of-service traffic.  This\r\ndocument updates the IPv6 specification to deprecate the use of IPv6\r\nType 0 Routing Headers, in light of this security concern.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"December 2007","keywords":["[--------|p]","ipv6 type 0 routing header","traffic amplification"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC2460","RFC4294"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5095","errata_url":null}