RFC - 2462

IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2462.txt
Authors:	S. Thomson [Bellcore], T. Narten [IBM]
Date:	December 1998
Category:	Draft Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-1971	IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (Obsoleted by RFC-2462draft)

Referred by:	64 RFC
Refers to:	7 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This document specifies the steps a host takes in deciding how to autoconfigure its interfaces in IP version 6. The autoconfiguration process includes creating a link-local address and verifying its uniqueness on a link, determining what information should be autoconfigured (addresses, other information, or both), and in the case of addresses, whether they should be obtained through the stateless mechanism, the stateful mechanism, or both. This document defines the process for generating a link-local address, the process for generating site-local and global addresses via stateless address autoconfiguration, and the Duplicate Address Detection procedure. The details of autoconfiguration using the stateful protocol are specified elsewhere.

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