Close encounters of the ICMP type 2 kind (near misses with ICMPv6 PTB)
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This document calls attention to the problem of delivering ICMPv6 type 2 "Packet Too Big" (PTB) messages to intended destinations in ECMP load balanced, anycast network architectures. It discusses operational mitigations that can address this class of failure.