--- title: RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Extension... description: RFC 9098, published after more than seven years of work at the IETF, documents the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers. The author's blunt take:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-9098-operational-implications-of-ipv6-extension-headers-ipspace-net-blog-ybaozccte twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Extension Headers « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: RFC 9098, published after more than seven years of work at the IETF, documents the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers. The author's blunt take:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-9098-operational-implications-of-ipv6-extension-headers-ipspace-net-blog-ybaozccte og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yBAOzcCTE.png og:image:alt: RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Extension Headers « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Extension Headers « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary RFC 9098, published after more than seven years of work at the IETF, documents the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers. The author's blunt take: IPv6 extension headers are a bad idea, though the RFC's official title is considerably more diplomatic. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does RFC 9098 say about IPv6 extension headers? RFC 9098 documents the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers, concluding that they cause significant problems in practice. It took over seven years of IETF work to publish. The RFC's title is deliberately diplomatic, but the operational reality it describes is that IPv6 extension headers are widely problematic for network operators — they are frequently dropped or mishandled by middleboxes and routers. _Network engineers navigating IPv6 extension header issues track IETF developments like RFC 9098 on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [misc/why6why.md at main · becarpenter/misc](https://daily.dev/posts/misc-why6why-md-at-main-becarpenter-misc-vdnnmpiyy) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The IPV4 We Didn’t Get](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ipv4-we-didn-t-get-mgaj9qpb2) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BGP-Free Network Core with SRv6 « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-free-network-core-with-srv6-ipspace-net-blog-9bbn88wub) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The world in which IPv6 was a good design](https://daily.dev/posts/the-world-in-which-ipv6-was-a-good-design-tj3i8ov0s) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [IPv6 Adoption in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/ipv6-adoption-in-2026-fi2iowjgj) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-9098-operational-implications-of-ipv6-extension-headers-ipspace-net-blog-ybaozccte) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Extension Headers « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-9098-operational-implications-of-ipv6-extension-headers-ipspace-net-blog-ybaozccte","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-9098-operational-implications-of-ipv6-extension-headers-ipspace-net-blog-ybaozccte"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:46.951Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:24:50.531Z","description":"RFC 9098, published after more than seven years of work at the IETF, documents the operational implications of IPv6 extension headers. 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