RFC 7113: Implementation Advice for IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard)

The IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard) mechanism is commonly employed to mitigate attack vectors based on forged ICMPv6 Router Advertisement messages.…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 6105: IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard
Normative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4303: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 7045: Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension Headers
Normative reference — RFC 5722: Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments
Normative reference — RFC 7112: Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains
Normative reference — RFC 6980: Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 6104: Rogue IPv6 Router Advertisement Problem Statement

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 7217: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9463: DHCP and Router Advertisement Options for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7610: DHCPv6-Shield: Protecting against Rogue DHCPv6 Servers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9098: Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8910: Captive-Portal Identification in DHCP and Router Advertisements (RAs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9898: Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments