RFC 1887: An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document provides an architecture for allocating IPv6 [1] unicast addresses in the Internet. This document provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1887
- Published
- December 1995
- Authors
- Y. Rekhter; T. Li
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- int
- Pages
- 26
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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