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RFC 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers

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This document specifies IPv4 compatibility mechanisms that can be implemented by IPv6 hosts and routers. Two mechanisms are specified, dual stack and configured tunneling. Dual stack implies providing complete implementations of both versions of the Internet Protocol (IPv4 and IPv6), and configured tunneling provides a means to carry IPv6 packets over unmodified IPv4 routing infrastructures. This document obsoletes RFC 2893. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC4213
Published
October 2005
Authors
E. Nordmark; R. Gilligan
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
27
Also known as
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Obsoletes:
RFC 2893

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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 1933 (1996)
  2. RFC 2893 (2000)
  3. RFC 4213 (2005)

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