• DocumentCode
    707392
  • Title

    Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) Extension Headers: Issues, challenges and mitigation

  • Author

    Debbarma, Shibendu ; Debnath, Pijush

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Tripura Univ., Agartala, India
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    11-13 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    923
  • Lastpage
    928
  • Abstract
    IPv6 extension headers allow for the extension of the IPv6 protocol and provides support for some core functionality such as IPv6 fragmentation. This paper is about the issues surrounding IPv6 Extension Headers and their use on the public Internet. More specifically, it summarize the issues associated with IPv6 EHs (performance, security, etc). To illustrate support of IPv6 EHs in the real world. Summarizes the implications of the filtering at the intermediately nodes.
  • Keywords
    IP networks; Internet; IPv6 EH; IPv6 fragmentation; Internet protocol version 6 extension headers; core functionality; intermediately node filtering; public Internet; Authentication; Cryptography; IP networks; Internet; Payloads; Protocols; EHs; ESP; Extension Header; Fragmentation; IPv6; IoT; MTU; Security; Traffic class;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), 2015 2nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    New Delhi
  • Print_ISBN
    978-9-3805-4415-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7100382