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IPv6 RFCs


The following is a non-exhaustive list of IPv6 related RFCs on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) site.
For more information please visit the IETF IPv6 site here.

1752 The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol
1809 Using the Flow Label in IPv6
1881 IPv6 Address Allocation Management
1883 Internet Protocol, Version 6 Specification
1884 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
1885 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
1886 DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
1887 An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
1888

 OSI NSAPs and IPv6
1897 IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
1924 A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses
1933 Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
1970 Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
1971 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
1972 A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
2019 Transmission of IPv6 Packets Over FDDI
2030 Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI
2073

 An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format
2080 RIPng for IPv6
2133 Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
2147 TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms
2185 Routing Aspects of IPv6 Transition
2292 Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
2374 An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
2375 IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
2428 FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs
2460

 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
2461 Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
2463 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
2465 Management Information Base for IP Version 6
2466 Management Information Base for IP Version 6
2467 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
2470 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks
2471

 IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
2472 IP Version 6 over PPP
2473 Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
2474 Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
2491 IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks
2492 IPv6 over ATM Networks
2497 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks
2526 Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
2529 Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels
2545

 Use of BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing
2553 Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
2590 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay
2675 IPv6 Jumbograms
2710 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
2711 IPv6 Router Alert Option
2732 Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's
2740 OSPF for IPv6
2874 DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering
2893

 Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
2894 Router Renumbering for IPv6
2928 Initial IPv6 Sub-TLA ID Assignments
3041 Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
3053 IPv6 Tunnel Broker
3056 Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
3068 An Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers
3089 A SOCKS-based IPv6/IPv4 Gateway Mechanism
3111 Service Location Protocol Modifications for IPv6
3122

 Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery Specification
3142 An IPv6-to-IPv4 Transport Relay Translator
3146 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks
3152 Delegation of IP6.ARPA
3162 RADIUS and IPv6
3175 Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations
3177 IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites
3178 IPv6 Multihoming Support at Site Exit Routers
3226 DNSSEC and IPv6 A6 aware server/resolver message size requirements
3307

 Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
3363 Representing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS)
3364 Tradeoffs in Domain Name System (DNS) Support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
4029 Scenarios and Analysis for Introducing IPv6 into ISP Networks