RFC - 4213

Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4213.txt
Authors:	E. Nordmark [Sun Microsystems, Inc.], R. Gilligan [Intransa, Inc.]
Date:	October 2005
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-2893	Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers (Obsoleted by RFC-4213prop)

Referred by:	8 RFC
Refers to:	26 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 (2005).

Abstract

This document specifies IPv4 compatibility mechanisms that can be implemented by IPv6 hosts and routers. Two mechanisms are specified, dual stack and configured tunneling. Dual stack implies providing complete implementations of both versions of the Internet Protocol (IPv4 and IPv6), and configured tunneling provides a means to carry IPv6 packets over unmodified IPv4 routing infrastructures.

This document obsoletes RFC 2893.

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