RFC 4861, "Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)", September 2007

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5942, RFC 6980, RFC 7048, RFC 7527, RFC 7559, RFC 8028, RFC 8319, RFC 8425, RFC 9131

Errata ID: 7939
Status: Reported
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Jeremy Duncan
Date Reported: 2024-05-17

Section 7.1.1 says:

- ICMP length (derived from the IP length) is 24 or more octets.

It should say:

- IPv6 Payload Length is 24 or more octets.

Notes:

this can be confusing as the ICMPv6 Option Length is a different field and there is no specific ICMPv6 Length field in the ICMPv6 Extension Header. This clearly means the IPv6 Payload Length field in the IPv6 Header - not ICMPv6 Extension Header.

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