RFC 4942: IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations

The transition from a pure IPv4 network to a network where IPv4 and IPv6 coexist brings a number of extra security considerations that need to be taken into…

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Outgoing relationships (36 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 3056: Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
Normative reference — RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 4380: Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs)
Normative reference — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3964: Security Considerations for 6to4
Normative reference — RFC 2375: IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Informative reference — RFC 3756: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats
Informative reference — RFC 3493: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 4191: Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
Informative reference — RFC 4389: Neighbor Discovery Proxies (ND Proxy)
Informative reference — RFC 1858: Security Considerations for IP Fragment Filtering
Informative reference — RFC 4864: Local Network Protection for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 4890: Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls
Informative reference — RFC 4025: A Method for Storing IPsec Keying Material in DNS
Informative reference — RFC 3128: Protection Against a Variant of the Tiny Fragment Attack (RFC 1858)
Informative reference — RFC 4038: Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition
Informative reference — RFC 4225: Mobile IP Version 6 Route Optimization Security Design Background
Informative reference — RFC 4966: Reasons to Move the Network Address Translator - Protocol Translator (NAT-PT) to Historic Status
Informative reference — RFC 2765: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
Informative reference — RFC 2766: Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation (NAT-PT)
Informative reference — RFC 4294: IPv6 Node Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 4029: Scenarios and Analysis for Introducing IPv6 into ISP Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4472: Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS
Informative reference — RFC 4311: IPv6 Host-to-Router Load Sharing
Informative reference — RFC 4074: Common Misbehavior Against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5095: Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5722: Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7676: IPv6 Support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7094: Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7608: IPv6 Prefix Length Recommendation for Forwarding
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5211: An Internet Transition Plan
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6782: Wireline Incremental IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9511: Attribution of Internet Probes