RFC 2460, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", December 1998

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 8200

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5095, RFC 5722, RFC 5871, RFC 6437, RFC 6564, RFC 6935, RFC 6946, RFC 7045, RFC 7112

Errata ID: 2541
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Brian Carpenter
Date Reported: 2010-10-03
Held for Document Update by: Ralph Droms

Section 6 says:

(Nothing about this omission.)

It should say:

Compared to RFC 1883, this specification reduces the size of the 
flow label field to 20 bits. The references to a 24 bit flow label 
field on pages 87 and 88 of RFC 2205 are updated accordingly.

Notes:

RFC 2460 updates RFC 2205.

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