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RFC 3513

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture, April 2003

File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2373

Obsoleted by:

RFC 4291

Authors:

R. Hinden
S. Deering

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipv6 (int)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3513

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Abstract

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. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.