IPv6 Node Requirements
draft-ietf-6man-rfc6434-bis-00
Internet Engineering Task Force T. Chown
Internet-Draft Jisc
Obsoletes: 6434 (if approved) J. Loughney
Intended status: Informational Nokia
Expires: November 2, 2017 T. Winters
University of New Hampshire
May 2017
IPv6 Node Requirements
draft-ietf-6man-rfc6434-bis-00
Abstract
This document defines requirements for IPv6 nodes. It is expected
that IPv6 will be deployed in a wide range of devices and situations.
Specifying the requirements for IPv6 nodes allows IPv6 to function
well and interoperate in a large number of situations and
deployments.
This document obsoletes RFC 6434, and in turn RFC 4294.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Scope of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Description of IPv6 Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Abbreviations Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Sub-IP Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. IP Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Internet Protocol Version 6 - RFC 2460 . . . . . . . . . 6
5.2. Neighbor Discovery for IPv6 - RFC 4861 . . . . . . . . . 7
5.3. Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes -
RFC 4191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.4. SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) - RFC 3971 . . . . . . . 9
5.5. IPv6 Router Advertisement Flags Option - RFC 5175 . 9
5.6. Path MTU Discovery and Packet Size . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.6.1. Path MTU Discovery - RFC 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.7. IPv6 Jumbograms - RFC 2675 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.8. ICMP for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) -
RFC 4443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.9. Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.9.1. IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture - RFC 4291 . . . 11
5.9.2. Host Address Availability Recommendations . . . . . . 11
5.9.3. IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration - RFC 4862 . 11
5.9.4. Privacy Extensions for Address Configuration in IPv6
- RFC 4941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.9.5. Default Address Selection for IPv6 - RFC 6724 . . . . 13
5.9.6. Stateful Address Autoconfiguration (DHCPv6) - RFC
3315 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.10. Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 . . . . . . . 13
6. DHCP versus Router Advertisement Options for Host
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. DNS and DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.1. DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.2. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) -
RFC 3315 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.2.1. Other Configuration Information . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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