RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture

This document specifies the architectural characteristics, expected behavior, textual representation, and usage of IPv6 addresses of different scopes.…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
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 2732: Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's
Informative reference — RFC 3879: Deprecating Site Local Addresses

Incoming relationships (19 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7346: IPv6 Multicast Address Scopes
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9844: Entering IPv6 Zone Identifiers in User Interfaces
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4001: Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6092: Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8106: IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4903: Multi-Link Subnet Issues
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4942: IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5059: Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6021: Common YANG Data Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6874: Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9911: Common YANG Data Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5132: IP Multicast MIB
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6724: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6943: Issues in Identifier Comparison for Security Purposes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7482: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Query Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8994: An Autonomic Control Plane (ACP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9164: Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Tags for IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses and Prefixes