RFC 4291:IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
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... role the node plays (for instance, host versus router). At a minimum, a node may ...
... +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ A slightly sophisticated host (but still rather simple) may additionally be aware of subnet prefix(es) for the link ...
... Source Address field of any IPv6 packets sent by an initializing host before it has learned its own address. ...
... anycast address must be maintained as a separate entry in the routing system (commonly referred to as a "host route"); outside the region identified by P, the anycast address ...
... A host is required to recognize the following addresses as identifying itself: ...
... A router is required to recognize all addresses that a host is required to recognize, plus the following addresses as identifying ...



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