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RFC 9602: Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Segment Identifiers in the IPv6 Addressing Architecture

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Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) uses IPv6 as the underlying data plane. Thus, Segment Identifiers (SIDs) used by SRv6 can resemble IPv6 addresses and behave like them while exhibiting slightly different behaviors in some situations. This document explores the characteristics of SRv6 SIDs and focuses on the relationship of SRv6 SIDs to the IPv6 Addressing Architecture. This document allocates and makes a dedicated prefix available for SRv6 SIDs.

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Document ID
RFC9602
Published
October 2024
Authors
S. Krishnan
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
7
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