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IPv6 Support Required for All IP-Capable Nodes
draft-ietf-intarea-ipv6-required-02

RFC
Document Stream: IETF
Last updated: 2011-12-08
Intended RFC status: Proposed Standard
Other versions: (expired, archived): plain text, pdf, html

IETF State: Submitted to IESG for Publication (intarea)
Document shepherd:(None)
Shepherd writeup
Consensus:Unknown

IESG State: RFC 6540
IANA Action State: No IC 
Responsible AD: Jari Arkko
IESG Note: Julien Laganier (julien.ietf@gmail.com) is the document shepherd.
Send notices to: intarea-chairs@tools.ietf.org, draft-ietf-intarea-ipv6-required@tools.ietf.org

This Internet-Draft is no longer active. Unofficial copies of old Internet-Drafts can be found here:
http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-intarea-ipv6-required.

Abstract:
Given the global lack of available IPv4 space, and limitations in IPv4 extension and transition technologies, this document advises that IPv6 support is no longer considered optional. It also cautions that there are places in existing IETF documents where the term "IP" is used in a way that could be misunderstood by implementers as the term "IP" becomes a generic that can mean IPv4 + IPv6, IPv6-only, or IPv4-only, depending on context and application. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

Authors:
Lee Howard <lee.howard@twcable.com>
Chris Donley <c.donley@cablelabs.com>
Wesley George <wesley.george@twcable.com>
Chris Donley <c.donley@cablelabs.com>

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid)