RFC - 2113

IP Router Alert Option

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2113.txt
Authors:	D. Katz [cisco Systems]
Date:	February 1997
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Referred by:	27 RFC
Refers to:	0 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

This memo describes a new IP Option type that alerts transit routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP packet. This is useful for, but not limited to, new protocols that are addressed to a destination but require relatively complex processing in routers along the path.

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