{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-v6ops-pmtud-ecmp-problem-06",
  "doc_id": "RFC7690",
  "title": "Close Encounters of the ICMP Type 2 Kind (Near Misses with ICMPv6 Packet Too Big (PTB))",
  "authors": [
    "M. Byerly",
    "M. Hite",
    "J. Jaeggli"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "9",
  "pub_status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "source": "IPv6 Operations",
  "abstract": "This document calls attention to the problem of delivering ICMPv6 type 2 \"Packet Too Big\" (PTB) messages to the intended destination (typically the server) in ECMP load-balanced or anycast network architectures.  It discusses operational mitigations that can be employed to address this class of failures.",
  "pub_date": "January 2016",
  "keywords": [
    "IPv6",
    "ICMP6",
    "ICMPv6 type 2 PTB"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC7690",
  "errata_url": null
}