RFCs about IPv6

173 documents indexed under this keyword

RFC 1810Report on MD5 PerformanceCurrent
June 1995informational
RFC 1825Security Architecture for the Internet ProtocolObsoleted
August 1995proposed standardreplaced by RFC2401
RFC 1826IP Authentication HeaderObsoleted
August 1995proposed standardreplaced by RFC2402
RFC 1827IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)Obsoleted
August 1995proposed standardreplaced by RFC2406
RFC 2023IP Version 6 over PPPObsoleted
October 1996proposed standardreplaced by RFC2472
RFC 2365Administratively Scoped IP MulticastCurrent
July 1998best current practice
RFC 2374An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address FormatObsoleted
July 1998historicreplaced by RFC3587
RFC 2401Security Architecture for the Internet ProtocolObsoleted
November 1998proposed standardreplaced by RFC4301
RFC 2402IP Authentication HeaderObsoleted
November 1998proposed standardreplaced by RFC4302, RFC4305
RFC 2406IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)Obsoleted
November 1998proposed standardreplaced by RFC4303, RFC4305
RFC 2428FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATsCurrent
September 1998proposed standard
RFC 2450Proposed TLA and NLA Assignment RuleCurrent
December 1998informational
RFC 2452IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Transmission Control ProtocolObsoleted
December 1998historicreplaced by RFC4022, RFC8096
RFC 2454IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the User Datagram ProtocolObsoleted
December 1998historicreplaced by RFC4113, RFC8096
RFC 2460Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationObsoleted
December 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC8200
RFC 2464Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet NetworksUpdated
December 1998proposed standard
RFC 2465Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General GroupObsoleted
December 1998historicreplaced by RFC4293, RFC8096
RFC 2466Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 GroupObsoleted
December 1998historicreplaced by RFC4293, RFC8096
RFC 2467Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI NetworksUpdated
December 1998proposed standard
RFC 2470Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring NetworksUpdated
December 1998proposed standard
RFC 2471IPv6 Testing Address AllocationObsoleted
December 1998historicreplaced by RFC3701
RFC 2472IP Version 6 over PPPObsoleted
December 1998proposed standardreplaced by RFC5072, RFC5172
RFC 2473Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 SpecificationCurrent
December 1998proposed standard
RFC 2497Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet NetworksUpdated
January 1999proposed standard
RFC 2526Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast AddressesCurrent
March 1999proposed standard
RFC 2529Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit TunnelsCurrent
March 1999proposed standard
RFC 25466Bone Routing PracticeObsoleted
March 1999informationalreplaced by RFC2772
RFC 2590Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks SpecificationUpdated
May 1999proposed standard
RFC 2675IPv6 JumbogramsCurrent
August 1999proposed standard
RFC 2711IPv6 Router Alert OptionUpdated
October 1999proposed standard
RFC 2740OSPF for IPv6Obsoleted
December 1999proposed standardreplaced by RFC5340
RFC 2765Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)Obsoleted
February 2000proposed standardreplaced by RFC6145
RFC 2766Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation (NAT-PT)Obsoleted
February 2000historicreplaced by RFC4966
RFC 2767Dual Stack Hosts using the "Bump-In-the-Stack" Technique (BIS)Obsoleted
February 2000informationalreplaced by RFC6535
RFC 2874DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and RenumberingUpdated
July 2000historic
RFC 2894Router Renumbering for IPv6Current
August 2000proposed standard
RFC 29216BONE pTLA and pNLA Formats (pTLA)Current
September 2000informational
RFC 3019IP Version 6 Management Information Base for The Multicast Listener Discovery ProtocolObsoleted
January 2001proposed standardreplaced by RFC5519
RFC 3056Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 CloudsCurrent
February 2001proposed standard
RFC 3111Service Location Protocol Modifications for IPv6Current
May 2001proposed standard
RFC 3122Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery SpecificationCurrent
June 2001proposed standard
RFC 3146Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 NetworksUpdated
October 2001proposed standard
RFC 3162RADIUS and IPv6Updated
August 2001proposed standard
RFC 3306Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast AddressesUpdated
September 2002proposed standard
RFC 3307Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast AddressesUpdated
September 2002proposed standard
RFC 3484Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)Obsoleted
March 2003proposed standardreplaced by RFC6724
RFC 3572Internet Protocol Version 6 over MAPOS (Multiple Access Protocol Over SONET/SDH)Updated
July 2003informational
RFC 3574Transition Scenarios for 3GPP NetworksCurrent
August 2003informational
RFC 3697IPv6 Flow Label SpecificationObsoleted
March 2004proposed standardreplaced by RFC6437
RFC 3736Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Service for IPv6Obsoleted
April 2004proposed standardreplaced by RFC8415
RFC 3879Deprecating Site Local AddressesCurrent
September 2004proposed standard
RFC 3974SMTP Operational Experience in Mixed IPv4/v6 EnvironmentsCurrent
January 2005informational
RFC 4159Deprecation of "ip6.int"Current
August 2005best current practice
RFC 4293Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)Current
April 2006proposed standard
RFC 4301Security Architecture for the Internet ProtocolUpdated
December 2005proposed standard
RFC 4302IP Authentication HeaderCurrent
December 2005proposed standard
RFC 4303IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)Current
December 2005proposed standard
RFC 4305Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)Obsoleted
December 2005proposed standardreplaced by RFC4835
RFC 4392IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) ArchitectureCurrent
April 2006informational
RFC 4607Source-Specific Multicast for IPCurrent
August 2006proposed standard
RFC 4779ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Broadband Access NetworksCurrent
January 2007informational
RFC 4835Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)Obsoleted
April 2007proposed standardreplaced by RFC7321
RFC 4864Local Network Protection for IPv6Current
May 2007informational
RFC 4890Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in FirewallsCurrent
May 2007informational
RFC 4980Analysis of Multihoming in Network Mobility SupportCurrent
October 2007informational
RFC 5007DHCPv6 LeasequeryCurrent
September 2007proposed standard
RFC 5072IP Version 6 over PPPUpdated
September 2007draft standard
RFC 5118Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Torture Test Messages for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)Current
February 2008informational
RFC 5172Negotiation for IPv6 Datagram Compression Using IPv6 Control ProtocolCurrent
March 2008proposed standard
RFC 5180IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect DevicesCurrent
May 2008informational
RFC 5210A Source Address Validation Architecture (SAVA) Testbed and Deployment ExperienceCurrent
June 2008experimental
RFC 5214Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)Current
March 2008informational
RFC 5454Dual-Stack Mobile IPv4Current
March 2009proposed standard
RFC 5460DHCPv6 Bulk LeasequeryUpdated
February 2009proposed standard
RFC 5549Advertising IPv4 Network Layer Reachability Information with an IPv6 Next HopObsoleted
May 2009proposed standardreplaced by RFC8950
RFC 5569IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructures (6rd)Current
January 2010informational
RFC 5572IPv6 Tunnel Broker with the Tunnel Setup Protocol (TSP)Current
February 2010experimental
RFC 5579Transmission of IPv4 Packets over Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) InterfacesCurrent
February 2010informational
RFC 5619Softwire Security Analysis and RequirementsCurrent
August 2009proposed standard
RFC 5643Management Information Base for OSPFv3Current
August 2009proposed standard
RFC 5902IAB Thoughts on IPv6 Network Address TranslationCurrent
July 2010informational
RFC 5952A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text RepresentationCurrent
August 2010proposed standard
RFC 5963IPv6 Deployment in Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)Current
August 2010informational
RFC 5970DHCPv6 Options for Network BootCurrent
September 2010proposed standard
RFC 6081Teredo ExtensionsCurrent
January 2011proposed standard
RFC 6139Routing and Addressing in Networks with Global Enterprise Recursion (RANGER) ScenariosCurrent
February 2011informational
RFC 6145IP/ICMP Translation AlgorithmObsoleted
April 2011proposed standardreplaced by RFC7915
RFC 6146Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 ServersCurrent
April 2011proposed standard
RFC 6156Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN) Extension for IPv6Obsoleted
April 2011proposed standardreplaced by RFC8656
RFC 6179The Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON)Current
March 2011experimental
RFC 6221Lightweight DHCPv6 Relay AgentCurrent
May 2011proposed standard
RFC 6250Evolution of the IP ModelCurrent
May 2011informational
RFC 6275Mobility Support in IPv6Current
July 2011proposed standard
RFC 6276DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for Network Mobility (NEMO)Current
July 2011proposed standard
RFC 6431Huawei Port Range Configuration Options for PPP IP Control Protocol (IPCP)Current
November 2011informational
RFC 6519RADIUS Extensions for Dual-Stack LiteCurrent
February 2012proposed standard
RFC 6535Dual-Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-Host" (BIH)Current
February 2012proposed standard
RFC 6547RFC 3627 to Historic StatusCurrent
February 2012informational
RFC 6556Testing Eyeball HappinessCurrent
April 2012informational
RFC 6586Experiences from an IPv6-Only NetworkCurrent
April 2012informational
RFC 6619Scalable Operation of Address Translators with Per-Interface BindingsCurrent
June 2012proposed standard
RFC 6706Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization (AERO)Current
August 2012experimental
RFC 6911RADIUS Attributes for IPv6 Access NetworksCurrent
April 2013proposed standard
RFC 6957Duplicate Address Detection ProxyCurrent
June 2013proposed standard
RFC 6964Operational Guidance for IPv6 Deployment in IPv4 Sites Using the Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)Current
May 2013informational
RFC 6971Depth-First Forwarding (DFF) in Unreliable NetworksCurrent
June 2013experimental
RFC 7021Assessing the Impact of Carrier-Grade NAT on Network ApplicationsCurrent
September 2013informational
RFC 7048Neighbor Unreachability Detection Is Too ImpatientCurrent
January 2014proposed standard
RFC 7219SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) Source Address Validation Improvement (SAVI)Current
May 2014proposed standard
RFC 7341DHCPv4-over-DHCPv6 (DHCP 4o6) TransportCurrent
August 2014proposed standard
RFC 7368IPv6 Home Networking Architecture PrinciplesCurrent
October 2014informational
RFC 7411Multicast Listener Extensions for Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) and Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Fast HandoversCurrent
November 2014experimental
RFC 7439Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS NetworksCurrent
January 2015informational
RFC 7484Finding the Authoritative Registration Data (RDAP) ServiceObsoleted
March 2015proposed standardreplaced by RFC9224
RFC 7506IPv6 Router Alert Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)Current
April 2015historic
RFC 7600IPv4 Residual Deployment via IPv6 - A Stateless Solution (4rd)Current
July 2015experimental
RFC 7653DHCPv6 Active LeasequeryCurrent
October 2015proposed standard
RFC 7668IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low EnergyCurrent
October 2015proposed standard
RFC 7676IPv6 Support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)Current
October 2015proposed standard
RFC 7690Close Encounters of the ICMP Type 2 Kind (Near Misses with ICMPv6 Packet Too Big (PTB))Current
January 2016informational
RFC 7731Multicast Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (MPL)Current
February 2016proposed standard
RFC 7785Recommendations for Prefix Binding in the Context of Softwire Dual-Stack LiteCurrent
February 2016informational
RFC 7788Home Networking Control ProtocolUpdated
April 2016proposed standard
RFC 7870Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite) Management Information Base (MIB) for Address Family Transition Routers (AFTRs)Current
June 2016proposed standard
RFC 7915IP/ICMP Translation AlgorithmCurrent
June 2016proposed standard
RFC 7934Host Address Availability RecommendationsCurrent
July 2016best current practice
RFC 7984Locating Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Servers in a Dual-Stack IP NetworkCurrent
September 2016proposed standard
RFC 8161Benchmarking the Neighbor Discovery ProtocolCurrent
May 2017informational
RFC 8168DHCPv6 Prefix-Length Hint IssuesCurrent
May 2017proposed standard
RFC 8200Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationUpdated
July 2017internet standard
RFC 8201Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6Current
July 2017internet standard
RFC 8305Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using ConcurrencyCurrent
December 2017proposed standard
RFC 8371Mobile Node Identifier Types for MIPv6Current
July 2018proposed standard
RFC 8389Definitions of Managed Objects for Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E)Current
December 2018proposed standard
RFC 8415Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)Obsoleted
November 2018proposed standardreplaced by RFC9915
RFC 8475Using Conditional Router Advertisements for Enterprise MultihomingCurrent
October 2018informational
RFC 8483Yeti DNS TestbedCurrent
October 2018informational
RFC 8501Reverse DNS in IPv6 for Internet Service ProvidersCurrent
November 2018informational
RFC 8504IPv6 Node RequirementsCurrent
January 2019best current practice
RFC 8507Simple Internet Protocol (SIP) SpecificationCurrent
December 2018historic
RFC 8513A YANG Data Model for Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite)Current
January 2019proposed standard
RFC 8676YANG Modules for IPv4-in-IPv6 Address plus Port (A+P) SoftwiresCurrent
November 2019proposed standard
RFC 8683Additional Deployment Guidelines for NAT64/464XLAT in Operator and Enterprise NetworksCurrent
November 2019informational
RFC 8687OSPF Routing with Cross-Address Family Traffic Engineering TunnelsCurrent
November 2019proposed standard
RFC 8724SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and FragmentationUpdated
April 2020proposed standard
RFC 8801Discovering Provisioning Domain Names and DataCurrent
July 2020proposed standard
RFC 8880Special Use Domain Name 'ipv4only.arpa'Current
August 2020proposed standard
RFC 8900IP Fragmentation Considered FragileCurrent
September 2020best current practice
RFC 8994An Autonomic Control Plane (ACP)Current
May 2021proposed standard
RFC 9010Routing for RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) LeavesUpdated
April 2021proposed standard
RFC 9011Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (SCHC) over LoRaWANCurrent
April 2021proposed standard
RFC 9063Host Identity Protocol ArchitectureCurrent
July 2021informational
RFC 9096Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering EventsCurrent
August 2021best current practice
RFC 9099Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 NetworksCurrent
August 2021informational
RFC 9131Gratuitous Neighbor Discovery: Creating Neighbor Cache Entries on First-Hop RoutersCurrent
October 2021proposed standard
RFC 9159IPv6 Mesh over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy Using the Internet Protocol Support Profile (IPSP)Current
December 2021proposed standard
RFC 9224Finding the Authoritative Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) ServiceCurrent
March 2022internet standard
RFC 9243A YANG Data Model for DHCPv6 ConfigurationCurrent
June 2022proposed standard
RFC 9313Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4-as-a-Service (IPv4aaS)Current
October 2022informational
RFC 9359Echo Request/Reply for Enabled In Situ OAM (IOAM) CapabilitiesCurrent
April 2023proposed standard
RFC 9363A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC)Updated
March 2023proposed standard
RFC 9428Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Near Field CommunicationCurrent
July 2023proposed standard
RFC 9603Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for IPv6 Segment RoutingUpdated
July 2024proposed standard
RFC 9631The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)Current
August 2024experimental
RFC 9663Using DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6-PD) to Allocate Unique IPv6 Prefixes per Client in Large Broadcast NetworksCurrent
October 2024informational
RFC 9686Registering Self-Generated IPv6 Addresses Using DHCPv6Current
December 2024proposed standard
RFC 9762Using Router Advertisements to Signal the Availability of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation to ClientsCurrent
June 2025proposed standard
RFC 9805Deprecation of the IPv6 Router Alert Option for New ProtocolsCurrent
June 2025proposed standard
RFC 9818DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation on IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Routers in LANsCurrent
July 2025informational
RFC 9837The IPv6 VPN Service Destination OptionCurrent
August 2025experimental
RFC 9872Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address SynthesisCurrent
September 2025informational
RFC 9915Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)Current
January 2026internet standard
RFC 10001Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 EnvironmentsCurrent
August 2026best current practice