RFC 3484: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

This document describes two algorithms, for source address selection and for destination address selection. The algorithms specify default behavior for all…

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Outgoing relationships (6 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2026: The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3
Informative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Informative reference — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2529: Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 1933: Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informative reference — RFC 2553: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6

Incoming relationships (32 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5201: Host Identity Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6555: Happy Eyeballs: Success with Dual-Stack Hosts
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4038: Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4966: Reasons to Move the Network Address Translator - Protocol Translator (NAT-PT) to Historic Status
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6748: Optional Advanced Deployment Scenarios for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5014: IPv6 Socket API for Source Address Selection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5204: Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Rendezvous Extension
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4943: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption Considered Harmful
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5018: Connection Establishment in the Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6157: IPv6 Transition in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6180: Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms during IPv6 Deployment
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6586: Experiences from an IPv6-Only Network
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4941: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6296: IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6169: Security Concerns with IP Tunneling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5533: Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6343: Advisory Guidelines for 6to4 Deployment
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3964: Security Considerations for 6to4
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8835: Transports for WebRTC
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3879: Deprecating Site Local Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4980: Analysis of Multihoming in Network Mobility Support
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6219: The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) IVI Translation Design and Deployment for the IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4177: Architectural Approaches to Multi-homing for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7157: IPv6 Multihoming without Network Address Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7526: Deprecating the Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers