RFC 1884: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture

This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP Version 6 protocol [IPV6]. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (5 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Informative reference — RFC 1883: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1546: Host Anycasting Service
Informative reference — RFC 1338: Supernetting: an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy
Informative reference — RFC 1887: An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation

Incoming relationships (19 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 2373: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9414: Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1883: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4903: Multi-Link Subnet Issues
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 1971: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1885: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1972: A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1886: DNS Extensions to support IP version 6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2307: An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7094: Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast
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 2073: An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1924: A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1897: IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2019: Transmission of IPv6 Packets Over FDDI
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2023: IP Version 6 over PPP