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RFC 2462:IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

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IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

1. INTRODUCTION

2.1. Requirements

3. DESIGN GOALS

4. PROTOCOL OVERVIEW

4.1. Site Renumbering

5. PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION

5.1. Node Configuration Variables

5.2. Autoconfiguration-Related Variables

5.3. Creation of Link-Local Addresses

5.4. Duplicate Address Detection

5.4.1. Message Validation

5.4.2. Sending Neighbor Solicitation Messages

5.4.3. Receiving Neighbor Solicitation Messages

5.4.4. Receiving Neighbor Advertisement Messages

5.4.5. When Duplicate Address Detection Fails

5.5. Creation of Global and Site-Local Addresses

5.5.1. Soliciting Router Advertisements

5.5.2. Absence of Router Advertisements

5.5.3. Router Advertisement Processing

5.5.4. Address Lifetime Expiry

5.6. Configuration Consistency

6. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

8. Acknowledgements

9. AUTHORS' ADDRESSES

10. APPENDIX A: LOOPBACK SUPPRESSION & DUPLICATE ADDRESS DETECTION

11. APPENDIX B: CHANGES SINCE RFC 1971

12. Full Copyright Statement

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