RFC 6164: Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links

On inter-router point-to-point links, it is useful, for security and other reasons, to use 127-bit IPv6 prefixes. Such a practice parallels the use of 31-bit…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3756: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats
Informative reference — RFC 2526: Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 3627: Use of /127 Prefix Length Between Routers Considered Harmful
Informative reference — RFC 3021: Using 31-Bit Prefixes on IPv4 Point-to-Point Links
Informative reference — RFC 5375: IPv6 Unicast Address Assignment Considerations

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 6547: RFC 3627 to Historic Status
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6583: Operational Neighbor Discovery Problems
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7421: Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8136: Additional Transition Functionality for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7136: Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6741: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Engineering Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7608: IPv6 Prefix Length Recommendation for Forwarding