rfc-4291

IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture

R. Hinden, S. Deering

date2006-02 streamIETF areaint wgipv6 statusDRAFT STANDARD pages25 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4291 doi10.17487/RFC4291 errataview

This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP Version 6 (IPv6) protocol. The document includes the IPv6 addressing model, text representations of IPv6 addresses, definition of IPv6 unicast addresses, anycast addresses, and multicast addresses, and an IPv6 node's required addresses. This document obsoletes RFC 3513, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture". [STANDARDS-TRACK]

obsoletes

rfc-3513 — Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture

updated by

rfc-5952 — A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation
rfc-6052 — IPv6 Addressing of IPv4/IPv6 Translators
rfc-7136 — Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
rfc-7346 — IPv6 Multicast Address Scopes
rfc-7371 — Updates to the IPv6 Multicast Addressing Architecture
rfc-8064 — Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers