Description

In July 2017, RFC 8200 was published obsoleting RFC 2460. Both define the IPv6 protocol specification. Currently, Linux kernel IPv6 implementation do not comply with RFC 8200. I think it is time to change that.

Goals

• Get a good understanding of both RFCs and the changes that RFC 8200 introduced.
• Get a good understanding of Linux kernel IPv6 implementation.
• Prepare a patch-series for net-next implementing the necessary changes to make Linux kernel IPv6 comply with RFC 8200.

Out of scope

I do not expect that this is going to be accepted right away. So it is not a goal to get this merged.

Resources

• RFC 8200
• RFC 2460