RFC 7217: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)

This document specifies a method for generating IPv6 Interface Identifiers to be used with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), such that an IPv6…

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Outgoing relationships (24 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4086: Randomness Requirements for Security
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Normative reference — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Normative reference — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Normative reference — RFC 4941: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 7136: Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Normative reference — RFC 5453: Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Informative reference — RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Informative reference — RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6151: Updated Security Considerations for the MD5 Message-Digest and the HMAC-MD5 Algorithms
Informative reference — RFC 3493: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 6105: IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard
Informative reference — RFC 1948: Defending Against Sequence Number Attacks
Informative reference — RFC 2467: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3542: Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 6059: Simple Procedures for Detecting Network Attachment in IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2470: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks
Informative reference — RFC 7113: Implementation Advice for IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard)

Incoming relationships (23 related RFCs)

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 7788: Home Networking Control Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8990: GeneRic Autonomic Signaling Protocol (GRASP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8163: Transmission of IPv6 over Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8136: Additional Transition Functionality for IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9414: Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9415: On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9428: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Near Field Communication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7844: Anonymity Profiles for DHCP Clients
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8928: Address-Protected Neighbor Discovery for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
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 8344: A YANG Data Model for IP Management
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7421: Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8105: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Ultra Low Energy (ULE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9568: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7849: An IPv6 Profile for 3GPP Mobile Devices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7943: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers (IIDs) with the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9354: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9797: Randomized and Changing Media Access Control (MAC) Addresses: Context, Network Impacts, and Use Cases
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9416: Security Considerations for Transient Numeric Identifiers Employed in Network Protocols