RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)

This document specifies the Neighbor Discovery protocol for IP Version 6. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (14 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1970: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2406: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Informative reference — RFC 1700: Assigned Numbers
Informative reference — RFC 2402: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 2373: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informative reference — RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Informative reference — RFC 1256: ICMP Router Discovery Messages
Informative reference — RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1546: Host Anycasting Service
Informative reference — RFC 1620: Internet Architecture Extensions for Shared Media

Incoming relationships (58 related RFCs)

Showing 50 of 58 related RFCs.

Updated by — RFC 4311: IPv6 Host-to-Router Load Sharing
Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4380: Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3963: Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4191: Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4389: Neighbor Discovery Proxies (ND Proxy)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4903: Multi-Link Subnet Issues
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4942: IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4068: Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4339: IPv6 Host Configuration of DNS Server Information Approaches
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4943: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption Considered Harmful
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3682: The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4135: Goals of Detecting Network Attachment in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3904: Evaluation of IPv6 Transition Mechanisms for Unmanaged Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4065: Instructions for Seamoby and Experimental Mobility Protocol IANA Allocations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4391: Transmission of IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4241: A Model of IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack Internet Access Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3056: Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3484: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2780: IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3041: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2529: Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2545: Use of BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2467: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2491: IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4225: Mobile IP Version 6 Route Optimization Security Design Background
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2470: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2765: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2469: A Caution On The Canonical Ordering Of Link-Layer Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2492: IPv6 over ATM Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2590: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3627: Use of /127 Prefix Length Between Routers Considered Harmful
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4957: Link-Layer Event Notifications for Detecting Network Attachments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5942: IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2465: Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3122: Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3178: IPv6 Multihoming Support at Site Exit Routers