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RFC 1897: IPv6 Testing Address Allocation

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2471.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3701 — 6bone (IPv6 Testing Address Allocation) Phaseout

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document describes an allocation plan for IPv6 addresses to be used in testing IPv6 prototype software. This document specifies an Experimental protocol for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1897
Published
January 1996
Authors
R. Hinden; J. Postel
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
4
Also known as
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 2471

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1897 (1996)
  2. RFC 2471 (1998)
  3. RFC 3701 (2004) ✓

Read the full history of 6bone (IPv6 Testing Address Allocation) Phaseout →

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