RFC 5533: Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6

This document defines the Shim6 protocol, a layer 3 shim for providing locator agility below the transport protocols, so that multihoming can be provided for…

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Outgoing relationships (14 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Normative reference — RFC 5535: Hash-Based Addresses (HBA)
Normative reference — RFC 5534: Failure Detection and Locator Pair Exploration Protocol for IPv6 Multihoming
Informative reference — RFC 3550: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
Informative reference — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Informative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4193: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 3484: Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 5201: Host Identity Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4884: Extended ICMP to Support Multi-Part Messages
Informative reference — RFC 3582: Goals for IPv6 Site-Multihoming Architectures
Informative reference — RFC 3697: IPv6 Flow Label Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4218: Threats Relating to IPv6 Multihoming Solutions
Informative reference — RFC 5386: Better-Than-Nothing Security: An Unauthenticated Mode of IPsec

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7421: Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9288: Recommendations on the Filtering of IPv6 Packets Containing IPv6 Extension Headers at Transit Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6629: Considerations on the Application of the Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6 (Shim6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6092: Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7401: Host Identity Protocol Version 2 (HIPv2)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6104: Rogue IPv6 Router Advertisement Problem Statement
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6181: Threat Analysis for TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5739: IPv6 Configuration in Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6317: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for the Host Identity Protocol (HIP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7157: IPv6 Multihoming without Network Address Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7430: Analysis of Residual Threats and Possible Fixes for Multipath TCP (MPTCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6538: The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Experiment Report
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8678: Enterprise Multihoming using Provider-Assigned IPv6 Addresses without Network Prefix Translation: Requirements and Solutions