[194] in Best-of-Security
BoS: IPv6 header quick reference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Metz)
Wed May 28 14:25:53 1997
Cc: ipv6-users@itd.nrl.navy.mil
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:25:40 -0400
From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net>
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I just made available a small IPv6 header quick reference that we
made at NRL based on a figure that's been on our whiteboard for several years
(that we dare not erase because it's proven just too valuable when writing
code or debugging random problems). It contains a list in proper order of all
of the currently defined IPv6 optional headers and the common upper-layer
protocols, each with hexadecimal and decimal listings of their protocol/next
header value and their length. It also marks the border points for certain
levels of processing (e.g., what a router looks at, what an intermediate node
looks at). I hope that it will prove useful to others.
The filename is "ipv6-headers-1.ps" and it's on the usual release plan.
-Craig
