RFC 4884:Extended ICMP to Support Multi-Part Messa...
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... Some ICMP implementations, produced between 1999 and the time of this publication, may send a non-compliant version of ICMP extensions described in this memo. Specifically, these implementations may ...
... Extension Header, it must contain a valid version number and checksum. If it does not contain a valid ...
... checksum. If it does not contain a valid version number and checksum, the application correctly determines that the message does ...
... original datagram field represent the correct values for an extension header version number and checksum ...
... original datagram" field. If the application detects a valid version and checksum, it will treat the octets that follow as an extension structure. ...


... 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |Version| (Reserved) | Checksum | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ...
... Header are as follows: Version: 4 bits ...
... ICMP extension version number. This is version 2. ...
... ICMP extension version number. This is version 2. Reserved: 12 bits ...


... Baker, F., "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers", RFC 1812prop, June 1995. ...
... Conta, A., Deering, S., and M. Gupta, Ed., "Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 4443draft, March 2006. ...



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