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RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture

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This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP Version 6 (IPv6) protocol. The document includes the IPv6 addressing model, text representations of IPv6 addresses, definition of IPv6 unicast addresses, anycast addresses, and multicast addresses, and an IPv6 node's required addresses. This document obsoletes RFC 3513, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture". [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC4291
Published
February 2006
Authors
R. Hinden; S. Deering
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
25
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 3513
Updated by:
RFC 5952, RFC 6052, RFC 7136, RFC 7346, RFC 7371, RFC 8064

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1884 (1995)
  2. RFC 2373 (1998)
  3. RFC 3513 (2003)
  4. RFC 4291 (2006)

Read the full history of IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture →

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6 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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