RFC 4291

"IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture", February 2006

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4291.txt
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Status:

DRAFT STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 3513

Updated by:

RFC 5952, RFC 6052

Authors:

R. Hinden
S. Deering

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipv6 (int)

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Abstract

This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP Version 6 (IPv6) protocol. The document includes the IPv6 addressing model, text representations of IPv6 addresses, definition of IPv6 unicast addresses, anycast addresses, and multicast addresses, and an IPv6 node's required addresses. This document obsoletes RFC 3513, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture". [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.