RFC 3879: Deprecating Site Local Addresses

This document describes the issues surrounding the use of IPv6 site-local unicast addresses in their original form, and formally deprecates them. This…

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Outgoing relationships (13 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2434: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 3484: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 3493: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 3177: IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites
Informative reference — RFC 3316: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts
Informative reference — RFC 2894: Router Renumbering for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2772: 6Bone Backbone Routing Guidelines
Informative reference — RFC 3111: Service Location Protocol Modifications for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 3142: An IPv6-to-IPv4 Transport Relay Translator
Informative reference — RFC 3082: Notification and Subscription for SLP

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6092: Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8799: Limited Domains and Internet Protocols