RFC 6864: Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field

The IPv4 Identification (ID) field enables fragmentation and reassembly and, as currently specified, is required to be unique within the maximum lifetime for…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Updates — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 2003: IP Encapsulation within IP
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2671: Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
Informative reference — RFC 3828: The Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDP-Lite)
Informative reference — RFC 5225: RObust Header Compression Version 2 (ROHCv2): Profiles for RTP, UDP, IP, ESP and UDP-Lite
Informative reference — RFC 6219: The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) IVI Translation Design and Deployment for the IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8304: Transport Features of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Lightweight UDP (UDP-Lite)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7857: Updates to Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7597: Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7596: Lightweight 4over6: An Extension to the Dual-Stack Lite Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6967: Analysis of Potential Solutions for Revealing a Host Identifier (HOST_ID) in Shared Address Deployments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9868: Transport Options for UDP