RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

This document specifies a set of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages for use with version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (13 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1885: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Informative reference — RFC 2406: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Informative reference — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2402: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 2373: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6

Incoming relationships (23 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
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 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5201: Host Identity Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4389: Neighbor Discovery Proxies (ND Proxy)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4008: Definitions of Managed Objects for Network Address Translators (NAT)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4068: Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3919: Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol Identifiers for IPv6 and Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2507: IP Header Compression
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2780: IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2675: IPv6 Jumbograms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2467: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2765: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3122: Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2466: Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group