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The IPv6 Payload Header
draft-kre-ipv6-payload-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Robert Elz , Dr. Francis Dupont
Last updated 1995-10-11 (Latest revision 1995-03-23)
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Abstract

This draft suggests a method by which many IP payload data bodies may be encapsulated in a single IPv6 datagram. New headers, designed with IPv6 in mind, will all contain a ``next header'' field, allowing headers to be chained, however older header types, inherited from IPv4, such as TCP and UDP, do not contain this field. This means that, without assistance, they would have to be the last header in any sequence, and only one such header could appear in a packet. This draft provides the mechanism to overcome this difficulty.

Authors

Robert Elz
Dr. Francis Dupont

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