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RFC 2073: An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2374.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3587 — IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format

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

This document defines an IPv6 provider-based unicast address format for use in the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2073
Published
January 1997
Authors
Y. Rekhter; P. Lothberg; R. Hinden; S. Deering; J. Postel
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
7
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2374

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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 2073 (1997)
  2. RFC 2374 (1998)
  3. RFC 3587 (2003) ✓

Read the full history of IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format →

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