RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
This document specifies version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6), also sometimes referred to as IP Next Generation or IPng. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
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- Updated by — RFC 6437: IPv6 Flow Label Specification
- Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5095: Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
- Updated by — RFC 7045: Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension Headers
- Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5722: Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments
- Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6935: IPv6 and UDP Checksums for Tunneled Packets
- Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7112: Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains
- Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6564: A Uniform Format for IPv6 Extension Headers
- Updated by — RFC 5871: IANA Allocation Guidelines for the IPv6 Routing Header
- Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6946: Processing of IPv6 "Atomic" Fragments
- Obsoleted by — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5340: OSPF for IPv6
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4380: Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4944: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3095: RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Framework and four profiles: RTP, UDP, ESP, and uncompressed
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6282: Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6775: Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3963: Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support Protocol
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 7217: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5405: Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application Designers
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6830: The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5201: Host Identity Protocol
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4513: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5971: GIST: General Internet Signalling Transport
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5415: Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol Specification
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5798: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6554: An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5072: IP Version 6 over PPP
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 6092: Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4890: Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5061: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Dynamic Address Reconfiguration
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5838: Support of Address Families in OSPFv3
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 5927: ICMP Attacks against TCP
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 7855: Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) Problem Statement and Requirements
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 3582: Goals for IPv6 Site-Multihoming Architectures
- Normatively referenced by — RFC 4459: MTU and Fragmentation Issues with In-the-Network Tunneling