RFC 1883: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

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

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informative reference — RFC 1661: The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Informative reference — RFC 1700: Assigned Numbers
Informative reference — RFC 1825: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1826: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 1884: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 1827: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Informative reference — RFC 1885: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

Incoming relationships (23 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9414: Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2402: IP Authentication Header
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1884: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2459: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1933: Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1970: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2030: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1885: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6540: IPv6 Support Required for All IP-Capable Nodes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1972: A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2071: Network Renumbering Overview: Why would I want it and what is it anyway?
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2428: FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2292: Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8170: Planning for Protocol Adoption and Subsequent Transitions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1887: An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1888: OSI NSAPs and IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1924: A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2019: Transmission of IPv6 Packets Over FDDI
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2023: IP Version 6 over PPP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8771: The Internationalized Deliberately Unreadable Network NOtation (I-DUNNO)