IPv6 Related Specifications

IPv6 API Specifications

RFC2133: Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6

RFC2292: Advanced Sockets API for IPv6

IETF documents describing proposed extensions to the popular BSD sockets API. (These are also listed below under IPv6 Related RFCs).

http://www.opengroup.org/platform/xnetipv6.htm

A draft of the Open Group XNS specification, incorporating the Basic API for IPv6 per the recently announced RFC.

IPv6 Related RFCs

The IETF is the standards body responsible for the design of the protocols that operate the internet. By tradition, all IETF documents are published as "Requests for Comments", or RFCs. Note that not all RFCs represent IETF standards -- some are just informational, and some are not even intended to be taken seriously. For more information about the nature of RFCs, see RFC1796: Not All RFCs are Standards.

RFC1809

Using the Flow Label Field in IPv6. C. Partridge. June 1995. (Format: TXT=13591 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC1881

IPv6 Address Allocation Management. IAB & IESG. December 1995. (Format: TXT=3215 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC1887

An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation. Y. Rekhter & T. Li, Editors. December 1995. (Format: TXT=66066 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC1924

A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses. R. Elz. April 1996. (Format: TXT=10409 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC1933

Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers. R. Gilligan & E. Nordmark. April 1996. (Format: TXT=47005 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2080

RIPng for IPv6. G. Malkin, R. Minnear. January 1997. (Format: TXT=47534 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2081

RIPng Protocol Applicability Statement. G. Malkin. January 1997. (Format: TXT=6821 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC2133

Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6. R. Gilligan, S. Thomson, J. Bound, W. Stevens. April 1997. (Format: TXT=69737 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC2147

TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms. D. Borman. May 1997. (Format: TXT=1883 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2185

Routing Aspects of IPv6 Transition. R. Callon, D. Haskin. September 1997. (Format: TXT=31281 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC2292

Advanced Sockets API for IPv6. W. Stevens, M. Thomas. February 1998. (Format: TXT=152077 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC2374

An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format. R. Hinden, M. O'Dell, S. Deering. July 1998. (Format: TXT=25068 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2073) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2375

IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments. R. Hinden, S. Deering. July 1998. (Format: TXT=14356 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)

RFC2428

FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs. M. Allman, S. Ostermann, C. Metz. September 1998. (Format: TXT=16028 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2460

Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. S. Deering, R. Hinden. December 1998. (Format: TXT=85490 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1883) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) ( in French )

RFC2461

Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6). T. Narten, E. Nordmark, W. Simpson. December 1998. (Format: TXT=222516 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1970) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

RFC2462

IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration. S. Thomson, T. Narten. December 1998. (Format: TXT=61210 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1971) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

RFC2463

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. A. Conta, S. Deering. December 1998. (Format: TXT=34190 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1885) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

RFC2464

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks. M. Crawford. December 1998. (Format: TXT=12725 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1972) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2465

Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group. D. Haskin, S. Onishi. December 1998. (Format: TXT=77339 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2466

Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group. D. Haskin, S. Onishi. December 1998. (Format: TXT=27547 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2467

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks. M. Crawford. December 1998. (Format: TXT=16028 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2019) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2470

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks. M. Crawford, T. Narten, S. Thomas. December 1998. (Format: TXT=21677 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2471

IPv6 Testing Address Allocation. R. Hinden, R. Fink, J. Postel (deceased). December 1998. (Format: TXT=8031 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1897) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)

RFC2472

IP Version 6 over PPP. D. Haskin, E. Allen. December 1998. (Format: TXT=29696 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2023) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2473

Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification. December 1998. (Format: TXT=77956 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2474

Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers. K. Nichols, S. Blake, F. Baker, D. Black. December 1998. (Format: TXT=50576 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1455, RFC1349) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2491

IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks. G. Armitage, P. Schulter, M. Jork, G. Harter. January 1999. (Format: TXT=100782 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2492

IPv6 over ATM Networks. G. Armitage, P. Schulter, M. Jork. January 1999. (Format: TXT=21199 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

RFC2497

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks. I. Souvatzis. January 1999. (Format: TXT=10304 bytes) (See Also: RFC1201) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

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