@techreport{tsou-6man-hbh-header-update-01, number = {draft-tsou-6man-hbh-header-update-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-tsou-6man-hbh-header-update/01/}, author = {Zhonghua Chen and Sreenatha Setty and Tina Tsou (Ting ZOU)}, title = {{hop-by-hop extension header update}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 2012, month = mar, day = 12, abstract = {The Hop-by-Hop Options header is used to convey optional information that must be examined by every node along a packet's delivery path. This document updates RFC2460, removing the requirement that source nodes must process the Hop-by-Hop extension header, on the basis that it imposes a performance impact with no advantages.}, }