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Close encounters of the ICMP type 2 kind (near misses with ICMPv6 PTB)
draft-jaeggli-v6ops-pmtud-ecmp-problem-01

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Matt Byerly , Matt Hite , Joel Jaeggli
Last updated 2014-07-03
Replaces draft-v6ops-jaeggli-pmtud-ecmp-problem
Replaced by draft-v6ops-pmtud-ecmp-problem
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Abstract

This document calls attention to the problem of delivering ICMPv6 type 2 "Packet Too Big" (PTB) messages to intended destinations in ECMP load balanced, anycast network architectures. It discusses operational mitigations that can address this class of failure.

Authors

Matt Byerly
Matt Hite
Joel Jaeggli

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