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Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (7 hits)
13 pages
draft-ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-14
Carrying Network Resource (NR) related Information in IPv6 Extension Header
2026-02-11
I-D Exists
WG Document : Proposed Standard
2
16 pages
draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-ioam-conf-state-10
IPv6 Query for Enabled In-situ OAM Capabilities
2026-02-25
New
I-D Exists
WG Document

3 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ieee80211-fms-00
IPv6 wants 802.11 Flexible Multicast Service
2025-09-14
I-D Exists
WG Document

23 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-neighbor-discovery-yang-02
YANG Data Model for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
2025-10-20
I-D Exists
WG Document
Review: yangdoctors Early

56 pages
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-over-wireless-10
Architecture and Framework for IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Access
2026-02-19
New
I-D Exists
WG Document

42 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc8504-bis-02
IPv6 Node Requirements
2025-10-20
I-D Exists
WG Document : Best Current Practice

8 pages
draft-ietf-6man-sidlist-clarification-00
Clarifying SRv6 SID List Processing
2025-09-29
I-D Exists
In WG Last Call : Proposed Standard

Active with the IESG Internet-Drafts (4 hits)
14 pages
draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-reflection-19
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) Reflection
2025-12-15
RFC Ed Queue : MISSREF
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir opsdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call
1 Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
21 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc6724-update-25
Prioritizing known-local IPv6 ULAs through address selection policy
2025-08-11
RFC Ed Queue : MISSREF 175
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir dnsdir dnsdir dnsdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call dnsdir IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
24 pages
draft-ietf-6man-slaac-renum-13
Improving the Robustness of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to Flash Renumbering Events
2026-02-15
New
AD Evaluation::Revised I-D Needed
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Action Holders: Fernando Gont , Jan Zorz , Richard Patterson , Jen Linkova
Éric Vyncke
Bob Hinden
4 pages
draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-03
SNAC Router Flag in ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Messages
2024-12-04
RFC Ed Queue : MISSREF 434
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: intdir iotdir opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call
Erik Kline
Jen Linkova
Expired Internet-Drafts (2 hits)
17 pages
draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-sol-03
Solution approaches for address-selection problems
2010-03-08
Expired
WG Document
Jari Arkko
35 pages
draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-09
IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
2017-07-03
Expired
Parked WG Document : Internet Standard
Reviews: rtgdir IETF Last Call opsdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call intdir Early
Suresh Krishnan
Ole Trøan
RFCs (63 hits)
7 pages
RFC 5172
Negotiation for IPv6 Datagram Compression Using IPv6 Control Protocol
2008-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
6 pages
RFC 5453
Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers Errata
2009-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
6 pages
RFC 5722
Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments Errata
2009-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc6946
Jari Arkko
3 pages
RFC 5871
IANA Allocation Guidelines for the IPv6 Routing Header
2010-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Ralph Droms
11 pages
RFC 5942
IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes
2010-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
14 pages
RFC 5952
A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation Errata
2010-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
19 pages
RFC 6106
IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
2010-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8106
Jari Arkko
8 pages
RFC 6164
Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links Errata
2011-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc6547
Jari Arkko
30 pages
RFC 6434
IPv6 Node Requirements Errata
2011-12
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8504
Ralph Droms
13 pages
RFC 6436
Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification
2011-11
Informational RFC
Jari Arkko
15 pages
RFC 6437
IPv6 Flow Label Specification
2011-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
9 pages
RFC 6438
Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
2011-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
3 pages
RFC 6547
RFC 3627 to Historic Status
2012-02
Informational RFC
Jari Arkko
9 pages
RFC 6553
The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams
2012-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9008, rfc9685
Jari Arkko
13 pages
RFC 6554
An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
2012-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
6 pages
RFC 6564
A Uniform Format for IPv6 Extension Headers Errata
2012-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Jari Arkko
32 pages
RFC 6724
Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Errata
2012-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
17 pages
RFC 6788
The Line-Identification Option Errata
2012-11
Proposed Standard RFC
1 Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 6874
Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers Errata
2013-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc9844
Brian Haberman
12 pages
RFC 6935
IPv6 and UDP Checksums for Tunneled Packets Errata
2013-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
40 pages
RFC 6936
Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums Errata
2013-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
9 pages
RFC 6946
Processing of IPv6 "Atomic" Fragments
2013-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
16 pages
RFC 6957
Duplicate Address Detection Proxy
2013-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 6980
Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
2013-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 7045
Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension Headers
2013-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
8 pages
RFC 7048
Neighbor Unreachability Detection Is Too Impatient
2014-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
12 pages
RFC 7078
Distributing Address Selection Policy Using DHCPv6
2014-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
8 pages
RFC 7112
Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains
2014-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 7136
Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
2014-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
19 pages
RFC 7217
A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
2014-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
6 pages
RFC 7346
IPv6 Multicast Address Scopes
2014-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
10 pages
RFC 7371
Updates to the IPv6 Multicast Addressing Architecture
2014-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
24 pages
RFC 7421
Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
2015-01
Informational RFC
Brian Haberman
11 pages
RFC 7527
Enhanced Duplicate Address Detection
2015-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
6 pages
RFC 7559
Packet-Loss Resiliency for Router Solicitations
2015-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Brian Haberman
18 pages
RFC 7721
Security and Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms
2016-03
Informational RFC
Brian Haberman
20 pages
RFC 7739
Security Implications of Predictable Fragment Identification Values
2016-02
Informational RFC
Brian Haberman
12 pages
RFC 8021
Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered Harmful
2017-01
Informational RFC
Suresh Krishnan
13 pages
RFC 8028
First-Hop Router Selection by Hosts in a Multi-Prefix Network Errata
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
9 pages
RFC 8064
Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers
2017-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
65 pages
RFC 8096
The IPv6-Specific MIB Modules Are Obsolete
2017-04
Informational RFC
Suresh Krishnan
19 pages
RFC 8106
IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
2017-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
42 pages
RFC 8200
Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification Errata
2017-07
Internet Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9673
Also known as STD 86
Suresh Krishnan
19 pages
RFC 8201
Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
2017-07
Internet Standard RFC
Also known as STD 87
Suresh Krishnan
7 pages
RFC 8319
Support for Adjustable Maximum Router Lifetimes per Link
2018-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Terry Manderson
4 pages
RFC 8425
IANA Considerations for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Prefix Information Option Flags
2018-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
42 pages
RFC 8504
IPv6 Node Requirements
2019-01
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 220
Suresh Krishnan
27 pages
RFC 8754
IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH) Errata
2020-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9800
3 Suresh Krishnan
10 pages
RFC 8781
Discovering PREF64 in Router Advertisements
2020-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
15 pages
RFC 8883
ICMPv6 Errors for Discarding Packets Due to Processing Limits
2020-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Suresh Krishnan
20 pages
RFC 8981
Temporary Address Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
2021-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9131
Gratuitous Neighbor Discovery: Creating Neighbor Cache Entries on First-Hop Routers
2021-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
19 pages
RFC 9259
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
2022-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9268
IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option Errata
2022-08
Experimental RFC
Erik Kline
20 pages
RFC 9343
IPv6 Application of the Alternate-Marking Method
2022-12
Proposed Standard RFC
1 Erik Kline
7 pages
RFC 9602
Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Segment Identifiers in the IPv6 Addressing Architecture
2024-10
Informational RFC
Erik Kline
14 pages
RFC 9631
The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)
2024-08
Experimental RFC
1 Erik Kline
16 pages
RFC 9673
IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures Errata
2024-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
14 pages
RFC 9762
Using Router Advertisements to Signal the Availability of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation to Clients
2025-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
7 pages
RFC 9805
Deprecation of the IPv6 Router Alert Option for New Protocols
2025-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
5 pages
RFC 9812
Clarification of IPv6 Address Allocation Policy
2025-10
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 242
Erik Kline
10 pages
RFC 9837
The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option
2025-08
Experimental RFC
Erik Kline
8 pages
RFC 9844
Entering IPv6 Zone Identifiers in User Interfaces
2025-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Erik Kline
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (29 hits)
14 pages
draft-ali-6man-srv6-vpn-icmp-error-handling-02
ICMP Error Handling in SRv6 based VPN Networks
2025-11-03
I-D Exists

9 pages
draft-bonica-6man-crh-helper-opt-06
Compact Routing Header (CRH) Helper Option
2025-10-01
I-D Exists

8 pages 2025-09-30
I-D Exists

10 pages
draft-cheng-6man-source-address-programmability-05
Source IPv6 Address Programmability
2025-10-20
I-D Exists

10 pages
draft-eastlake-6man-hide-options-10
Transient Hiding of Hop-by-Hop Options
2025-12-02
I-D Exists

14 pages
draft-equinox-6man-sub-link-scope-multicast-01
Sub-Link Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addressing
2026-01-25 I-D Exists
Call For Adoption By WG Issued

10 pages
draft-geng-6man-tracing-option-00
Tracing process in IPv6 VPN Tunneling Networks
2025-11-13
I-D Exists

12 pages
draft-gu-6man-whitelist-data-circulation-00
A whitelist-based data fencing mechanism in data circulation
2025-12-07
I-D Exists

13 pages
draft-guan-6man-ipv6-id-authentication-04
Terminal Identity Authentication Based on Address Label
2026-01-18
I-D Exists

6 pages 2026-01-15
I-D Exists

5 pages
draft-iurman-6man-eh-occurrences-00
Mitigating DoS attacks in IPv6 by clarifying the number of occurrences of Extension Headers
2025-12-23
I-D Exists

7 pages
draft-kumari-ipv6-loopback-01
The IPv6 Loopback Address Prefix
2025-11-26
I-D Exists

14 pages
draft-li-6man-apn-ipv6-encap-01
Application-aware IPv6 Networking (APN6) Encapsulation
2025-11-12
I-D Exists

8 pages
draft-liu-6man-aggregate-header-limit-problem-04
Problem Statement with Aggregate Header Limit for IPv6
2025-10-13
I-D Exists

15 pages
draft-liu-6man-icmp-verification-09
Extending ICMPv6 for SRv6-related Information Validation
2025-12-29
I-D Exists

9 pages
draft-ma-6man-ra-dns64-flag-01
Updates to DNS64 Functionality Advertisement for DNS RA Option
2026-02-24
New
I-D Exists

7 pages
draft-peng-6man-cw-option-01
Control Word Option
2026-01-20
I-D Exists

8 pages 2026-01-26
I-D Exists

10 pages
draft-peng-6man-tracing-option-07
Tracing process in IPv6 VPN Tunneling Networks
2025-11-17
I-D Exists

9 pages
draft-smith-6man-icmpv6-prefix-redirect-07
ICMPv6 Prefix Redirect Messages
2025-09-16
I-D Exists

5 pages
draft-templin-6man-aero-omni-amen-00
AERO/OMNI Base Specification Amendments (Volume 1)
2026-02-26
New
I-D Exists

98 pages
draft-templin-6man-aero3-57
Automatic Extended Route Optimization (AERO)
2026-02-26
New
I-D Exists

13 pages
draft-templin-6man-fwiw-04
Fragmentation Revisited: For What It's Worth
2025-11-03
I-D Exists

21 pages
draft-templin-6man-ipid-ext2-27
IPv6 Extended Fragment Header (EFH)
2026-01-12
I-D Exists

12 pages
draft-templin-6man-mla-32
IPv6 Addresses for Ad Hoc Networks
2026-02-16
New
I-D Exists

142 pages
draft-templin-6man-omni3-77
Transmission of IP Packets over Overlay Multilink Network (OMNI) Interfaces
2026-02-25
New
I-D Exists

7 pages
draft-varhal-6man-icmp-srv6-vpn-00
ICMP Error Handling for VPNs in SRv6 Networks
2026-02-24
New
I-D Exists

12 pages
draft-zhang-ipv6-satellite-slaac-00
IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration for Satellite Networks using Topology-Embedded Interface Identifiers
2026-01-15
I-D Exists

35 pages
RFC 8899
Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
2020-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Magnus Westerlund