RFC 3493: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6

The de facto standard Application Program Interface (API) for TCP/IP applications is the "sockets" interface. Although this API was developed for Unix in the…

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Outgoing relationships (5 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 2553: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2373: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2765: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
Informative reference — RFC 2292: Advanced Sockets API for IPv6

Incoming relationships (26 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 3678: Socket Interface Extensions for Multicast Source Filters
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3582: Goals for IPv6 Site-Multihoming Architectures
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4038: Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6458: Sockets API Extensions for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5014: IPv6 Socket API for Source Address Selection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6317: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for the Host Identity Protocol (HIP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4213: Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7217: A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9499: DNS Terminology
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5405: Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application Designers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4942: IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3542: Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4795: Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6943: Issues in Identifier Comparison for Security Purposes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3879: Deprecating Site Local Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5338: Using the Host Identity Protocol with Legacy Applications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8990: GeneRic Autonomic Signaling Protocol (GRASP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7787: Distributed Node Consensus Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6556: Testing Eyeball Happiness
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9532: HTTP Proxy-Status Parameter for Next-Hop Aliases
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9844: Entering IPv6 Zone Identifiers in User Interfaces