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Intrinsic Monitoring is a method of collecting and disseminating node specific monitoring data throughout an IPv6 network by using the IPv6 extension headers as a carrier medium. The advantages of such a monitoring mechanism can be invaluable to a network operator, offering a wide range of performance and accuracy enhancements over traditional SNMP based or active probing based approaches. This paper discusses previous proposals related to Intrinsic Monitoring and highlights a number of security considerations that must first be resolved for such an approach to be deployable within an operational IP network. The paper offers initial contributions towards addressing these challenges.
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Shi, L., Davy, A. (2009). Security Considerations for Intrinsic Monitoring within IPv6 Networks. In: Nunzi, G., Scoglio, C., Li, X. (eds) IP Operations and Management. IPOM 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5843. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04968-2_15
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