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Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (14 hits)
7 pages
draft-ietf-6man-addr-assign-05
Clarification of IPv6 Address Allocation Policy
2025-05-12
RFC Ed Queue : EDIT
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Best Current Practice
Reviews: intdir opsdir secdir artart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Bob Hinden
8 pages
draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-router-alert-13
Deprecation Of The IPv6 Router Alert Option For New Protocols
2025-04-29
RFC Ed Queue : AUTH48 AUTH48
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: opsdir intdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Bob Hinden
19 pages
draft-ietf-6man-eh-limits-19
Limits on Sending and Processing IPv6 Extension Headers
2025-02-27
IESG Evaluation::Revised I-D Needed 57
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Informational
Reviews: intdir iotdir tsvart secdir genart IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call artart IETF Last Call
Action Holder: Tom Herbert 57
Erik Kline
Suresh Krishnan
13 pages
draft-ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-10
Carrying Network Resource (NR) related Information in IPv6 Extension Header
2025-03-02
I-D Exists
WG Document : Proposed Standard
2
17 pages
draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-ioam-conf-state-08
IPv6 Query for Enabled In-situ OAM Capabilities
2025-06-10
New
I-D Exists
WG Document

14 pages
draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-reflection-05
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) Reflection
2025-05-19
I-D Exists
WG Document : Proposed Standard
1
56 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-over-wireless-08
Architecture and Framework for IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Access
2025-05-19
I-D Exists
WG Document

15 pages
draft-ietf-6man-pio-pflag-12
Signaling DHCPv6 Prefix per Client Availability to Hosts
2024-10-08
RFC Ed Queue : AUTH48-DONE 247
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: iotdir intdir secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Bob Hinden
21 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc6724-update-20
Prioritizing known-local IPv6 ULAs through address selection policy
2025-05-13
IESG Evaluation 28
IESG telechat: 2025-06-26
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: dnsdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call dnsdir IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call intdir
Action Holder: Erik Kline 28
Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
41 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc8504-bis-00
IPv6 Node Requirements
2025-03-03
I-D Exists
WG Document

20 pages
draft-ietf-6man-slaac-renum-09
Improving the Robustness of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to Flash Renumbering Events
2025-03-03
I-D Exists
WG Document

4 pages
draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-03
SNAC Router Flag in ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Messages
2024-12-04
RFC Ed Queue : MISSREF 175
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir iotdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
12 pages
draft-ietf-6man-vpn-dest-opt-11
The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option
2025-05-14
RFC Ed Queue : EDIT
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Experimental
Reviews: opsdir intdir genart genart IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Bob Hinden
12 pages
draft-ietf-6man-zone-ui-10
Entering IPv6 Zone Identifiers in User Interfaces
2025-05-19
RFC Ed Queue : EDIT
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir secdir opsdir secdir tsvart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
Expired Internet-Drafts (2 hits)
17 pages
draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-sol-03
Solution approaches for address-selection problems
2010-03-08
Expired
WG Document
Jari Arkko
35 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-09
IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
2017-07-03
Expired
Parked WG Document : Internet Standard
Reviews: rtgdir IETF Last Call opsdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call intdir Early
Suresh Krishnan
Ole Trøan
RFCs (58 hits)
7 pages
RFC 5172
Negotiation for IPv6 Datagram Compression Using IPv6 Control Protocol
2008-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
6 pages
RFC 5453
Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers Errata
2009-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
6 pages
RFC 5722
Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments Errata
2009-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc6946
Jari Arkko
3 pages
RFC 5871
IANA Allocation Guidelines for the IPv6 Routing Header
2010-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Ralph Droms
11 pages
RFC 5942
IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes Errata
2010-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
14 pages
RFC 5952
A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation Errata
2010-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
19 pages
RFC 6106
IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
2010-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8106
Jari Arkko
8 pages
RFC 6164
Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links Errata
2011-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc6547
Jari Arkko
30 pages
RFC 6434
IPv6 Node Requirements Errata
2011-12
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8504
Ralph Droms
13 pages
RFC 6436
Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification
2011-11
Informational RFC
Jari Arkko
15 pages
RFC 6437
IPv6 Flow Label Specification
2011-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
9 pages
RFC 6438
Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
2011-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
3 pages
RFC 6547
RFC 3627 to Historic Status
2012-02
Informational RFC
Jari Arkko
9 pages
RFC 6553
The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
2012-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9008, rfc9685
Jari Arkko
13 pages
RFC 6554
An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
2012-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
6 pages
RFC 6564
A Uniform Format for IPv6 Extension Headers Errata
2012-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
32 pages
RFC 6724
Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Errata
2012-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
17 pages
RFC 6788
The Line-Identification Option Errata
2012-11
Proposed Standard RFC
1 Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 6874
Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers
2013-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
12 pages
RFC 6935
IPv6 and UDP Checksums for Tunneled Packets Errata
2013-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
40 pages
RFC 6936
Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums Errata
2013-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
9 pages
RFC 6946
Processing of IPv6 "Atomic" Fragments
2013-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
16 pages
RFC 6957
Duplicate Address Detection Proxy
2013-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 6980
Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
2013-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 7045
Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension Headers
2013-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
8 pages
RFC 7048
Neighbor Unreachability Detection Is Too Impatient
2014-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
12 pages
RFC 7078
Distributing Address Selection Policy Using DHCPv6
2014-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
8 pages
RFC 7112
Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains
2014-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 7136
Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
2014-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
19 pages
RFC 7217
A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
2014-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
6 pages
RFC 7346
IPv6 Multicast Address Scopes
2014-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 7371
Updates to the IPv6 Multicast Addressing Architecture
2014-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
24 pages
RFC 7421
Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
2015-01
Informational RFC
Brian Haberman
11 pages
RFC 7527
Enhanced Duplicate Address Detection
2015-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
6 pages
RFC 7559
Packet-Loss Resiliency for Router Solicitations
2015-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
18 pages
RFC 7721
Security and Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms
2016-03
Informational RFC
Brian Haberman
20 pages
RFC 7739
Security Implications of Predictable Fragment Identification Values
2016-02
Informational RFC
Brian Haberman
12 pages
RFC 8021
Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered Harmful
2017-01
Informational RFC
Suresh Krishnan
13 pages
RFC 8028
First-Hop Router Selection by Hosts in a Multi-Prefix Network Errata
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
9 pages
RFC 8064
Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers
2017-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
65 pages
RFC 8096
The IPv6-Specific MIB Modules Are Obsolete
2017-04
Informational RFC
Suresh Krishnan
19 pages
RFC 8106
IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
2017-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
42 pages
RFC 8200
Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification Errata
2017-07
Internet Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9673
Also known as STD 86
Suresh Krishnan
19 pages
RFC 8201
Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
2017-07
Internet Standard RFC
Also known as STD 87
Suresh Krishnan
7 pages
RFC 8319
Support for Adjustable Maximum Router Lifetimes per Link
2018-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Terry Manderson
4 pages
RFC 8425
IANA Considerations for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Prefix Information Option Flags
2018-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
42 pages
RFC 8504
IPv6 Node Requirements
2019-01
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 220
Suresh Krishnan
27 pages
RFC 8754
IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH) Errata
2020-03
Proposed Standard RFC
3 Suresh Krishnan
10 pages
RFC 8781
Discovering PREF64 in Router Advertisements
2020-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
15 pages
RFC 8883
ICMPv6 Errors for Discarding Packets Due to Processing Limits
2020-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
20 pages
RFC 8981
Temporary Address Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
2021-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9131
Gratuitous Neighbor Discovery: Creating Neighbor Cache Entries on First-Hop Routers
2021-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
19 pages
RFC 9259
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
2022-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9268
IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option Errata
2022-08
Experimental RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9343
IPv6 Application of the Alternate-Marking Method
2022-12
Proposed Standard RFC
1 Erik Kline
7 pages
RFC 9602
Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Segment Identifiers in the IPv6 Addressing Architecture
2024-10
Informational RFC
Erik Kline
14 pages
RFC 9631
The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)
2024-08
Experimental RFC
Erik Kline
16 pages
RFC 9673
IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures Errata
2024-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (17 hits)
8 pages 2025-03-31
I-D Exists

10 pages
draft-cheng-6man-source-address-programmability-04
Source IPv6 Address Programmability
2025-03-27
I-D Exists

10 pages
draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options-09
Transient Hiding of Hop-by-Hop Options
2025-06-08
New
I-D Exists

6 pages
draft-farrel-6man-sidlist-clarification-02
Clarifying SRv6 SID List Processing
2025-03-30
I-D Exists

12 pages
draft-gont-6man-multi-ipv6-spec-01
Improving Support for Multi-Router, Multi-Interface, and Multi-Prefix Scenarios
2025-03-03
I-D Exists

14 pages
draft-guan-6man-ipv6-id-authentication-02
Terminal Identity Authentication Based on Address Label
2025-01-18
I-D Exists

9 pages 2025-02-20
I-D Exists

15 pages
draft-link-6man-gulla-01
Using Prefix-Specific Link-Local Addresses to Improve SLAAC Robustness
2025-03-03 I-D Exists
10 pages
draft-liu-6man-aggregate-header-limit-problem-02
Problem Statement with Aggregate Header Limit for IPv6
2025-05-26
I-D Exists

13 pages
draft-liu-6man-icmp-verification-07
Extending ICMPv6 for SRv6-related Information Validation
2025-02-25
I-D Exists

116 pages
draft-templin-6man-aero3-44
Automatic Extended Route Optimization (AERO)
2025-04-21
I-D Exists

12 pages
draft-templin-6man-fwiw-02
Fragmentation Revisited: For What It's Worth
2025-06-11
New
I-D Exists

20 pages
draft-templin-6man-ipid-ext2-17
IPv6 Extended Fragment Header (EFH)
2025-06-03
New
I-D Exists

13 pages
draft-templin-6man-mla-27
IPv6 Addresses for Ad Hoc Networks
2025-04-03
I-D Exists

139 pages
draft-templin-6man-omni3-59
Transmission of IP Packets over Overlay Multilink Network (OMNI) Interfaces
2025-05-23
I-D Exists

40 pages
draft-templin-6man-parcels2-27
IPv6 Parcels and Advanced Jumbos (AJs)
2025-05-21
I-D Exists

35 pages
RFC 8899
Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
2020-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Magnus Westerlund