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The IPv6 ACL Undetermined-Transport Support feature helps in dropping misconfigured packets where the complete upper layer header is not present.
The undetermined-transport option is supported only for Cisco Application Control Engines (ACE) with deny action and IPv6 protocol.
Undetermined transport is not applied on nonfirst fragment packets.
Unintended misconfigurations by users or malicious attacks on the network may cause operational problems for hosts on the network.
Upper layer header is placed at the end of Extended Header (EH) chain in IPv6 packet, as it described in RFC 2460. If the complete upper layer header is not present in the IPv6 packet, then the router cannot process the packet. These packets may be misconfigured, corrupted, or malicious packets.
You may choose to drop these packets using IPv6 ACL with undetermined-transport option.
| Command or Action | Purpose | |
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enable Example: |
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
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| Step 2 |
configure terminal Example: |
Enters global configuration mode. |
| Step 3 |
ipv6 access-list acl-name Example: |
Configures IPv6 access list. |
| Step 4 |
deny ipv6 {src-addr | any} {dest-addr | any} [undetermined-transport] Example: |
Sets deny condition for an IPv6 access list as undermined transport. |
| Step 5 |
end Example: |
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. |
Device> enable
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# ipv6 access-list acl1
Device(config-ipv6-acl)# deny ipv6 2001:DB8:0300:0201::/32 2001:DB8:1:1::/64 undetermined-transport
Device(config-ipv6-acl)# end
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Related Topic |
Document Title |
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Cisco IOS commands |
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IP access list commands |
Cisco IOS Security Command Reference |
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Configuring IP access lists |
“Creating an IP Access List and Applying It to an Interface” |
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Standards/RFCs |
Title |
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RFC 2460 |
Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification |
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Description |
Link |
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Feature Name |
Releases |
Feature Information |
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IPv6 ACL Undetermined-Transport Support |
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.15 |
The IPv6 ACL Undetermined-Transport Support feature helps in dropping misconfigured packets, where the complete upper layer header is not present. No commands were introduced or modified. |
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