RFC 9898: Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol is a critical component of the IPv6 architecture. The protocol uses multicast in many messages. It also assumes a…

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Outgoing relationships (44 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 4862: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informative reference — RFC 2026: The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3
Informative reference — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Informative reference — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Informative reference — RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informative reference — RFC 3756: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats
Informative reference — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informative reference — RFC 8415: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 6775: Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Informative reference — RFC 6105: IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard
Informative reference — RFC 8505: Registration Extensions for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Neighbor Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4389: Neighbor Discovery Proxies (ND Proxy)
Informative reference — RFC 4429: Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 6459: IPv6 in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Evolved Packet System (EPS)
Informative reference — RFC 6583: Operational Neighbor Discovery Problems
Informative reference — RFC 4903: Multi-Link Subnet Issues
Informative reference — RFC 7039: Source Address Validation Improvement (SAVI) Framework
Informative reference — RFC 7102: Terms Used in Routing for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 8928: Address-Protected Neighbor Discovery for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3587: IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format
Informative reference — RFC 8929: IPv6 Backbone Router
Informative reference — RFC 7113: Implementation Advice for IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard)
Informative reference — RFC 7772: Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements
Informative reference — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6085: Address Mapping of IPv6 Multicast Packets on Ethernet
Informative reference — RFC 7278: Extending an IPv6 /64 Prefix from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mobile Interface to a LAN Link
Informative reference — RFC 8273: Unique IPv6 Prefix per Host
Informative reference — RFC 9161: Operational Aspects of Proxy ARP/ND in Ethernet Virtual Private Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6957: Duplicate Address Detection Proxy
Informative reference — RFC 7066: IPv6 for Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Cellular Hosts
Informative reference — RFC 6575: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Mediation for IP Interworking of Layer 2 VPNs
Informative reference — RFC 9119: Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless Media
Informative reference — RFC 9131: Gratuitous Neighbor Discovery: Creating Neighbor Cache Entries on First-Hop Routers
Informative reference — RFC 9663: Using DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6-PD) to Allocate Unique IPv6 Prefixes per Client in Large Broadcast Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5517: Cisco Systems' Private VLANs: Scalable Security in a Multi-Client Environment
Informative reference — RFC 7342: Practices for Scaling ARP and Neighbor Discovery (ND) in Large Data Centers
Informative reference — RFC 7527: Enhanced Duplicate Address Detection
Informative reference — RFC 7586: The Scalable Address Resolution Protocol (SARP) for Large Data Centers
Informative reference — RFC 8302: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): ARP and Neighbor Discovery (ND) Optimization
Informative reference — RFC 9686: Registering Self-Generated IPv6 Addresses Using DHCPv6
Informative reference — RFC 9797: Randomized and Changing Media Access Control (MAC) Addresses: Context, Network Impacts, and Use Cases