Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
This specification has been revised 2 times since RFC 1885 (1995). Each document below formally obsoleted the one before it; the versions still in force are listed first.
Revision timeline
Current version — implement against this
Superseded versions — historical reference only
- RFC 1885Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)ObsoletedDecember 1995proposed standardreplaced by RFC2463
- RFC 2463Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationObsoletedDecember 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC4443
This lineage is derived automatically from the “obsoletes” relationships recorded in the public RFC Editor index — no editorial judgement is applied to the ordering. The most recent document in the chain is RFC 4443 (March 2006).