RFC 4941: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6

Nodes use IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration to generate addresses using a combination of locally available information and information advertised by…

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Outgoing relationships (18 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 3041: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 4086: Randomness Requirements for Security
Informative reference — RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Informative reference — RFC 2136: Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
Informative reference — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Informative reference — RFC 3484: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2526: Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 2965: HTTP State Management Mechanism
Informative reference — RFC 4472: Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS
Informative reference — RFC 4135: Goals of Detecting Network Attachment in IPv6

Incoming relationships (42 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 8981: Temporary Address Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7217: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5072: IP Version 6 over PPP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7844: Anonymity Profiles for DHCP Clients
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6434: IPv6 Node Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7707: Network Reconnaissance in IPv6 Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8064: Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8344: A YANG Data Model for IP Management
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8835: Transports for WebRTC
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7421: Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8273: Unique IPv6 Prefix per Host
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8105: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Ultra Low Energy (ULE)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8801: Discovering Provisioning Domain Names and Data
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8163: Transmission of IPv6 over Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7277: A YANG Data Model for IP Management
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5726: Mobile IPv6 Location Privacy Solutions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6018: IPv4 and IPv6 Greynets
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9414: Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5213: Proxy Mobile IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6887: Port Control Protocol (PCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6775: Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7136: Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6459: IPv6 in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Evolved Packet System (EPS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6741: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Engineering Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6740: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Architectural Description
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7022: Guidelines for Choosing RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Canonical Names (CNAMEs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5453: Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7824: Privacy Considerations for DHCPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7668: IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8065: Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Adaptation-Layer Mechanisms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5580: Carrying Location Objects in RADIUS and Diameter
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5739: IPv6 Configuration in Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7278: Extending an IPv6 /64 Prefix from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mobile Interface to a LAN Link
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6222: Guidelines for Choosing RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Canonical Names (CNAMEs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6462: Report from the Internet Privacy Workshop
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7078: Distributing Address Selection Policy Using DHCPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7819: Privacy Considerations for DHCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5505: Principles of Internet Host Configuration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8280: Research into Human Rights Protocol Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8678: Enterprise Multihoming using Provider-Assigned IPv6 Addresses without Network Prefix Translation: Requirements and Solutions