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RFC 2133: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2553.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3493 — Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6

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

This memo defines a set of extensions to the socket interface to support the larger address size and new features of IPv6. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2133
Published
April 1997
Authors
R. Gilligan; S. Thomson; J. Bound; W. Stevens
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
32
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2553

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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 2133 (1997)
  2. RFC 2553 (1999)
  3. RFC 3493 (2003) ✓

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