File formats:

Status:

DRAFT STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 1883

Obsoleted by:

RFC 8200

Updated by:

RFC 5095, RFC 5722, RFC 5871, RFC 6437, RFC 6564, RFC 6935, RFC 6946, RFC 7045, RFC 7112

Authors:

S. Deering
R. Hinden

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipngwg (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2460

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Abstract

This document specifies version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6), also sometimes referred to as IP Next Generation or IPng. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.