[rfc-dist] RFC 6274 on Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Version 4

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        RFC 6274

        Title:      Security Assessment of the Internet 
                    Protocol Version 4 
        Author:     F. Gont
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       July 2011
        Mailbox:    fernando at gont.com.ar
        Pages:      75
        Characters: 179909
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-opsec-ip-security-07.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6274.txt

This document contains a security assessment of the IETF
specifications of the Internet Protocol version 4 and of a number of
mechanisms and policies in use by popular IPv4 implementations.  It
is based on the results of a project carried out by the UK's Centre
for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI).  This document 
is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for
informational purposes.

This document is a product of the Operational Security Capabilities for IP Network Infrastructure Working Group of the IETF.

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