RFC 2101: IPv4 Address Behaviour Today

The main purpose of this note is to clarify the current interpretation of the 32-bit IP version 4 address space, whose significance has changed substantially…

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Outgoing relationships (21 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Informative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Informative reference — RFC 1661: The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Informative reference — RFC 959: File Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1519: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR): an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy
Informative reference — RFC 1771: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 1825: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2065: Domain Name System Security Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 1518: An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with CIDR
Informative reference — RFC 1933: Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informative reference — RFC 1466: Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space
Informative reference — RFC 1772: Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
Informative reference — RFC 1900: Renumbering Needs Work
Informative reference — RFC 1380: IESG Deliberations on Routing and Addressing
Informative reference — RFC 1541: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 790: Assigned numbers
Informative reference — RFC 1498: On the Naming and Binding of Network Destinations
Informative reference — RFC 2008: Implications of Various Address Allocation Policies for Internet Routing
Informative reference — RFC 1817: CIDR and Classful Routing

Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2775: Internet Transparency
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6740: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Architectural Description
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3027: Protocol Complications with the IP Network Address Translator
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7094: Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2694: DNS extensions to Network Address Translators (DNS_ALG)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2626: The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4085: Embedding Globally-Routable Internet Addresses Considered Harmful
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2519: A Framework for Inter-Domain Route Aggregation