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A Discard Prefix for IPv6
draft-hilliard-v6ops-ipv6-discard-prefix-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Author Nick Hilliard
Last updated 2011-07-04
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Abstract

Remote triggered black hole filtering describes a method of mitigating against denial-of-service attacks by selectively discarding traffic based on source or destination address. This document explains why a unique IPv6 prefix should be formally assigned by IANA for the purpose of facilitating IPv6 remote triggered black hole filtering.

Authors

Nick Hilliard

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