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RFC 6555: Happy Eyeballs: Success with Dual-Stack Hosts

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8305.

Current version: RFC 8305 — Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using Concurrency

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

When a server's IPv4 path and protocol are working, but the server's IPv6 path and protocol are not working, a dual-stack client application experiences significant connection delay compared to an IPv4-only client. This is undesirable because it causes the dual- stack client to have a worse user experience. This document specifies requirements for algorithms that reduce this user-visible delay and provides an algorithm. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC6555
Published
April 2012
Authors
D. Wing; A. Yourtchenko
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
15
Also known as
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 8305

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