RFC 7550: Issues and Recommendations with Multiple Stateful DHCPv6 Options
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8415.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 9915 — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) specification defined two stateful options, IA_NA and IA_TA, but did not anticipate the development of additional stateful options. DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation added the IA_PD option, which is stateful. Applications that use IA_NA and IA_PD together have revealed issues that need to be addressed. This document updates RFCs 3315 and 3633 to address these issues.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC7550
- Published
- May 2015
- Authors
- O. Troan; B. Volz; M. Siodelski
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- int
- Pages
- 24
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8415
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 9 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 3315 (2003)
- RFC 3633 (2003)
- RFC 3736 (2004)
- RFC 4242 (2005)
- RFC 7083 (2013)
- RFC 7283 (2014)
- RFC 7550 (2015)
- RFC 8415 (2018)
- RFC 9915 (2026) ✓
Read the full history of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) →
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