Open AccessIP Router Alert Option
Author(s) -
D. Katz
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
rfc
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.17487/rfc2113
Subject(s) - router , computer network , computer science , path (computing) , network packet , loose source routing , routing protocol , routing table
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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