RFC 3587: IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format

This document obsoletes RFC 2374, "An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format". It defined an IPv6 address allocation structure that includes Top…

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Outgoing relationships (4 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 2374: An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3177: IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6741: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Engineering Considerations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9414: Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6887: Port Control Protocol (PCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7428: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9526: Simple Provisioning of Public Names for Residential Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9898: Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments