RFC 8415: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)

This document describes the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6): an extensible mechanism for configuring nodes with network configuration…

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Outgoing relationships (7 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Obsoletes — RFC 3633: IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6
Obsoletes — RFC 3736: Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Service for IPv6
Obsoletes — RFC 4242: Information Refresh Time Option for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Obsoletes — RFC 7083: Modification to Default Values of SOL_MAX_RT and INF_MAX_RT
Obsoletes — RFC 7283: Handling Unknown DHCPv6 Messages
Obsoletes — RFC 7550: Issues and Recommendations with Multiple Stateful DHCPv6 Options

Incoming relationships (29 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 9915: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9463: DHCP and Router Advertisement Options for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8683: Additional Deployment Guidelines for NAT64/464XLAT in Operator and Enterprise Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9313: Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4-as-a-Service (IPv4aaS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8910: Captive-Portal Identification in DHCP and Router Advertisements (RAs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8973: DDoS Open Threat Signaling (DOTS) Agent Discovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9527: DHCPv6 Options for the Homenet Naming Authority
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8678: Enterprise Multihoming using Provider-Assigned IPv6 Addresses without Network Prefix Translation: Requirements and Solutions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8947: Link-Layer Address Assignment Mechanism for DHCPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8948: Structured Local Address Plan (SLAP) Quadrant Selection Option for DHCPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9096: Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering Events
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9243: A YANG Data Model for DHCPv6 Configuration
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9414: Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9445: RADIUS Extensions for DHCP-Configured Services
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9704: Establishing Local DNS Authority in Validated Split-Horizon Environments
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9762: Using Router Advertisements to Signal the Availability of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation to Clients
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9818: DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation on IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Routers in LANs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9010: Routing for RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) Leaves
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9462: Discovery of Designated Resolvers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8801: Discovering Provisioning Domain Names and Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9119: Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless Media
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9692: RIFT: Routing in Fat Trees
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9354: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9386: IPv6 Deployment Status
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
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8886: Secure Device Install
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9898: Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments