IPv6 Maintenance (6man)

Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (7 hits)
5 pages
draft-ietf-6man-eh-occurrences-00
Enforcement of IPv6 Extension Headers Ordering and Occurrence at Destination Nodes
2026-05-29
I-D Exists
WG Document
16 pages
draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-ioam-conf-state-11
IPv6 Query for Enabled In-situ OAM Capabilities
2026-08-18
I-D Exists
WG Document
3 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ieee80211-dms-00
IPv6 wants 802.11 Directed Multicast Service
2026-09-16
I-D Exists
WG Document
8 pages
draft-ietf-6man-loopback-01
The IPv6 Loopback Address Prefix
2026-10-08
New
I-D Exists
WG Document
45 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc8504-bis-04
IPv6 Node Requirements
2026-10-05
New
I-D Exists
In WG Last Call : Best Current Practice
28 pages
draft-ietf-6man-slaac-renum-14
Improving the Robustness of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to Flash Renumbering Events
2026-07-05
I-D Exists
WG Document : Proposed Standard 		Éric Vyncke
Bob Hinden
14 pages
draft-ietf-6man-sub-link-scope-multicast-01
Sub-Link Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addressing
2026-09-16 I-D Exists
WG Document
Active with the IESG Internet-Drafts (6 hits)
13 pages
draft-ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-16
Carrying Network Resource (NR) related Information in IPv6 Extension Headers
2026-06-10
AD Evaluation 31
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Action Holder: Éric Vyncke 31 		2 Éric Vyncke
Adrian Farrel
14 pages
draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-reflection-19
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) Reflection
2025-12-15
IESG: RFC Ed Queue 280
RFC Editor: blocked: Reference Not Received
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir opsdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call 		1 Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
27 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-neighbor-discovery-yang-08
YANG Data Model for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
2026-09-01
Waiting for AD Go-Ahead::Revised I-D Needed 17
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: secdir IETF Last Call intdir IETF Last Call yangdoctors IETF Last Call genart opsdir IETF Last Call yangdoctors Early
Action Holders: Fan Zhang , Yongqing Zhu , Bo Wu , Jiayuan Hu 		Éric Vyncke
Jen Linkova
21 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc6724-update-25
Prioritizing known-local IPv6 ULAs through address selection policy
2025-08-11
IESG: RFC Ed Queue 403
RFC Editor: Awaiting First editor
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir dnsdir dnsdir dnsdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call dnsdir IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call 		Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
8 pages
draft-ietf-6man-sidlist-clarification-03
Clarifying SRv6 SID List Processing
2026-05-19
IESG: RFC Ed Queue 139
RFC Editor: Awaiting First editor
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: secdir IETF Last Call rtgdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call 		Éric Vyncke
Erik Kline
5 pages
draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-08
SNAC Router Flag in ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Messages
2026-06-05
IESG: RFC Ed Queue 116
RFC Editor: Awaiting First editor
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call intdir iotdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call 		Éric Vyncke
Jen Linkova
Expired Internet-Drafts (3 hits)
17 pages
draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-sol-03
Solution approaches for address-selection problems
2010-03-08
Expired
WG Document 		Jari Arkko
56 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-over-wireless-10
Architecture and Framework for IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Access
2026-02-19
Expired
WG Document
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 (63 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
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, rfc9914 		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 Errata
2013-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc9844 		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
Updated by rfc9800 		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 Errata
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 		1 Erik Kline
16 pages
RFC 9673
IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures Errata
2024-10
Proposed Standard RFC 		Erik Kline
14 pages
RFC 9762
Using Router Advertisements to Signal the Availability of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation to Clients
2025-06
Proposed Standard RFC 		Erik Kline
7 pages
RFC 9805
Deprecation of the IPv6 Router Alert Option for New Protocols
2025-06
Proposed Standard RFC 		Erik Kline
5 pages
RFC 9812
Clarification of IPv6 Address Allocation Policy
2025-10
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 242 		Erik Kline
10 pages
RFC 9837
The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option
2025-08
Experimental RFC 		Erik Kline
8 pages
RFC 9844
Entering IPv6 Zone Identifiers in User Interfaces
2025-08
Proposed Standard RFC 		Erik Kline
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (22 hits)
26 pages
draft-alivar-6man-icmp-error-srv6-vpn-00
ICMP Error Handling for VPNs in SRv6 Networks
2026-10-05
New
I-D Exists
7 pages
draft-bauer-ipv6-dotted-decimal-address-format-00
Dotted Decimal notation for IPv6 addresses
2026-04-23
Expires soon
I-D Exists
8 pages 2026-09-27
I-D Exists
10 pages
draft-cheng-6man-source-address-programmability-06
Source IPv6 Address Programmability
2026-04-25
I-D Exists
11 pages
draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options-11
Transient Hiding of Hop-by-Hop Options
2026-06-05
I-D Exists
8 pages
draft-gavcave-ipv6-emoji-notation-00
Emoji-Based Notation for IPv6 Addresses
2026-04-27
I-D Exists
10 pages
draft-hu-6man-ipv6-flowlabel-load-balancing-rdma-02
A RoCEv2 Flow-Level Load Balancing Method Based on the IPv6 Flow Label
2026-08-16
I-D Exists
28 pages
draft-lee-6man-ipv6-satellite-networks-00
IPv6 Wireless Access in Satellite Networks (IPWASN): Problem Statement and Use Cases
2026-05-28
I-D Exists
7 pages
draft-linkova-6man-ununra-02
Unicast Unsolicited Router Advertisements for Propagating Network Configuration Updates
2026-07-23
I-D Exists
8 pages
draft-liu-6man-aggregate-header-limit-problem-05
Problem Statement with Aggregate Header Limit for IPv6
2026-07-06
I-D Exists
15 pages
draft-liu-6man-icmp-verification-10
Extending ICMPv6 for SRv6-related Information Validation
2026-07-02
I-D Exists
9 pages
draft-ma-6man-ra-dns64-flag-02
Updates to DNS64 Functionality Advertisement for DNS RA Option
2026-08-26
I-D Exists
11 pages
draft-martin-ipv6-addr-selection-updates-00
Updates to IPv6 Default Address Selection
2026-09-15
I-D Exists
20 pages 2026-05-11
I-D Exists
5 pages
draft-smith-6man-accurate-ra-router-lifetime-05
More Accurately Naming IPv6 RA Router Lifetime
2026-08-09
I-D Exists
21 pages
draft-templin-6man-aero-omni-amen-16
AERO/OMNI Base Specification Amendments (Volume 1)
2026-09-15
I-D Exists 		2
13 pages
draft-templin-6man-fwiw-05
Fragmentation Revisited: For What It's Worth
2026-07-06
I-D Exists
21 pages
draft-templin-6man-ipid-ext2-28
IPv6 Extended Fragment Header (EFH)
2026-07-06
I-D Exists
12 pages
draft-templin-6man-mla-34
IPv6 Addresses for Ad Hoc Networks
2026-10-07
New
I-D Exists
6 pages
draft-xz-6man-rate-option-01
IPv6 Rate Hop-by-Hop Option
2026-07-02
I-D Exists
19 pages
draft-yang-6man-wide-area-packet-spraying-00
IPv6 Options for Wide-Area Packet Spraying (WPS): Group-Based Multipath Load Balancing
2026-07-20
I-D Exists
35 pages
RFC 8899
Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
2020-09
Proposed Standard RFC 		Magnus Westerlund
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