RFC 6629: Considerations on the Application of the Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6 (Shim6)

This document discusses some considerations on the applicability of the level 3 multihoming Shim protocol for IPv6 (Shim6) and associated support protocols…

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Outgoing relationships (29 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Normative reference — RFC 2827: Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing
Normative reference — RFC 6146: Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
Normative reference — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Normative reference — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 3963: Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4423: Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 5201: Host Identity Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 5533: Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 5535: Hash-Based Addresses (HBA)
Normative reference — RFC 6182: Architectural Guidelines for Multipath TCP Development
Normative reference — RFC 5534: Failure Detection and Locator Pair Exploration Protocol for IPv6 Multihoming
Normative reference — RFC 6316: Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for Multihoming Shim
Informative reference — RFC 4191: Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
Informative reference — RFC 4984: Report from the IAB Workshop on Routing and Addressing
Informative reference — RFC 6296: IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation
Informative reference — RFC 4864: Local Network Protection for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 3582: Goals for IPv6 Site-Multihoming Architectures
Informative reference — RFC 3221: Commentary on Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet
Informative reference — RFC 4116: IPv4 Multihoming Practices and Limitations
Informative reference — RFC 4218: Threats Relating to IPv6 Multihoming Solutions
Informative reference — RFC 6418: Multiple Interfaces and Provisioning Domains Problem Statement
Informative reference — RFC 5220: Problem Statement for Default Address Selection in Multi-Prefix Environments: Operational Issues of RFC 3484 Default Rules
Informative reference — RFC 5902: IAB Thoughts on IPv6 Network Address Translation