RFC 6105: IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard

Routed protocols are often susceptible to spoof attacks. The canonical solution for IPv6 is Secure Neighbor Discovery (SEND), a solution that is non-trivial…

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Outgoing relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 5905: Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Informative reference — RFC 6104: Rogue IPv6 Router Advertisement Problem Statement

Incoming relationships (18 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7113: Implementation Advice for IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7217: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8106: IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6343: Advisory Guidelines for 6to4 Deployment
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6104: Rogue IPv6 Router Advertisement Problem Statement
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7610: DHCPv6-Shield: Protecting against Rogue DHCPv6 Servers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9462: Discovery of Designated Resolvers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6980: Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8801: Discovering Provisioning Domain Names and Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7123: Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7359: Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Tunnel Traffic Leakages in Dual-Stack Hosts/Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8910: Captive-Portal Identification in DHCP and Router Advertisements (RAs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9665: Service Registration Protocol for DNS-Based Service Discovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9872: Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8319: Support for Adjustable Maximum Router Lifetimes per Link
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9762: Using Router Advertisements to Signal the Availability of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation to Clients
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9898: Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments