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IPv6 Node Requirements
RFC 8504 also known as BCP 220

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Date By Action
2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['IPv6', 'Internet Protocol Version 6', 'Internet Protocol', 'IP']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System)
Changed author "T. Winters": changed name from "Timothy Winters" to "T. Winters", changed affiliation from "University of New Hampshire, Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL)" to "UNH-IOL", cleared …
Changed author "T. Winters": changed name from "Timothy Winters" to "T. Winters", changed affiliation from "University of New Hampshire, Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL)" to "UNH-IOL", cleared country (was "United States"), changed order from "2" to "3"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Loughney": changed name from "John Loughney" to "J. Loughney", cleared country (was "USA"), changed order from "1" to "2"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "T. Chown": changed name from "Tim Chown" to "T. Chown", cleared country (was "United Kingdom"), changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2023-12-12
(System) Imported membership of rfc8504 in bcp220 via sync to the rfc-index
2023-12-12
(System) No history of BCP220 is currently available in the datatracker before this point
2019-10-18
Bernie Volz Closed request for Early review by INTDIR with state 'Overtaken by Events'
2019-10-18
Bernie Volz Assignment of request for Early review by INTDIR to Ralph Droms was marked no-response
2019-01-30
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8504, changed abstract to 'This document defines requirements for IPv6 nodes. It is expected that …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8504, changed abstract to '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.', changed pages to 42, changed standardization level to Best Current Practice, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2019-01-30, changed IESG state to RFC Published, created obsoletes relation between draft-ietf-6man-rfc6434-bis and RFC 6434, created alias BCP 220)
2019-01-30
(System) RFC published