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<reference anchor='RFC2711'>

<front>
<title>IPv6 Router Alert Option</title>
<author initials='C.' surname='Partridge' fullname='Craig Partridge'>
<organization>BBN Technologies</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>10 Moulton Street</street>
<city>Cambridge</city>
<region>MA</region>
<code>02138</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 617 873 3000</phone>
<email>craig@bbn.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='A.' surname='Jackson' fullname='Alden Jackson'>
<organization>BBN Technologies</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>10 Moulton Street</street>
<city>Cambridge</city>
<region>MA</region>
<code>02138</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 617 873 3000</phone>
<email>awjacks@bbn.com</email></address></author>
<date month='October' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>This memo describes a new IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option type that alerts transit routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP datagram.  This option is useful for situations where a datagram  addressed to a particular destination contains information that may require special processing by routers along the path.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2711' />
</reference>
