RFC 3927: Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses

To participate in wide-area IP networking, a host needs to be configured with IP addresses for its interfaces, either manually by the user or automatically…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2434: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 826: An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or Converting Network Protocol Addresses to 48.bit Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet Hardware
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 959: File Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Informative reference — RFC 3027: Protocol Complications with the IP Network Address Translator

Incoming relationships (25 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6763: DNS-Based Service Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4903: Multi-Link Subnet Issues
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9462: Discovery of Designated Resolvers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8995: Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure (BRSKI)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7558: Requirements for Scalable DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) / Multicast DNS (mDNS) Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5579: Transmission of IPv4 Packets over Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) Interfaces
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8766: Discovery Proxy for Multicast DNS-Based Service Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8925: IPv6-Only Preferred Option for DHCPv4
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6471: Overview of Best Email DNS-Based List (DNSBL) Operational Practices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6120: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6762: Multicast DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6890: Special-Purpose IP Address Registries
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6761: Special-Use Domain Names
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4795: Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5735: Special Use IPv4 Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4436: Detecting Network Attachment in IPv4 (DNAv4)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9911: Common YANG Data Types
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6760: Requirements for a Protocol to Replace the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5556: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Problem and Applicability Statement
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5505: Principles of Internet Host Configuration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7618: Dynamic Allocation of Shared IPv4 Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8882: DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) Privacy and Security Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9526: Simple Provisioning of Public Names for Residential Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9665: Service Registration Protocol for DNS-Based Service Discovery