RFC 9805: Deprecation of the IPv6 Router Alert Option for New Protocols

This document deprecates the IPv6 Router Alert option. Protocols that use the IPv6 Router Alert option may continue to do so, even in future versions.…

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Outgoing relationships (22 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 2711: IPv6 Router Alert Option
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 6398: IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage
Normative reference — RFC 9673: IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures
Informative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 1633: Integrated Services in the Internet Architecture: an Overview
Informative reference — RFC 8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures
Informative reference — RFC 5971: GIST: General Internet Signalling Transport
Informative reference — RFC 3175: Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations
Informative reference — RFC 4286: Multicast Router Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 6192: Protecting the Router Control Plane
Informative reference — RFC 4080: Next Steps in Signaling (NSIS): Framework
Informative reference — RFC 3208: PGM Reliable Transport Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6401: RSVP Extensions for Admission Priority
Informative reference — RFC 7506: IPv6 Router Alert Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Informative reference — RFC 5979: NSIS Operation over IP Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 6016: Support for the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) in Layer 3 VPNs
Informative reference — RFC 9777: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 5946: Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Extensions for Path-Triggered RSVP Receiver Proxy
Informative reference — RFC 9570: Deprecating the Use of Router Alert in LSP Ping