RFC 7721: Security and Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document discusses privacy and security considerations for several IPv6 address generation mechanisms, both standardized and non-standardized. It evaluates how different mechanisms mitigate different threats and the trade-offs that implementors, developers, and users face in choosing different addresses or address generation mechanisms.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC7721
- Published
- March 2016
- Authors
- A. Cooper; F. Gont; D. Thaler
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- int
- Pages
- 18
- Also known as
- —
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