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RFC 3587: IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format

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

This document obsoletes RFC 2374, "An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format". It defined an IPv6 address allocation structure that includes Top Level Aggregator (TLA) and Next Level Aggregator (NLA). This document makes RFC 2374 and the TLA/NLA structure historic. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC3587
Published
August 2003
Authors
R. Hinden; S. Deering; E. Nordmark
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
5
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
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)

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