IPv6 Operations (v6ops)

Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (8 hits)
26 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-6mops-04
IPv6-Mostly Networks: Deployment and Operations Considerations
2025-10-20
I-D Exists
In WG Last Call
Dec 2025
9 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-aaaa-filtering-00
A recommendation for filtering address records in stub resolvers
2025-10-16
I-D Exists
WG Document
18 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-framework-md-ipv6only-underlay-19
Framework for Multi-domain IPv6-only Underlay Network and IPv4-as-a-Service
2026-02-05
I-D Exists
In WG Last Call
Nov 2025 		Mahesh Jethanandani
19 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-app-testing-00
Testing Applications' IPv6 Support
2025-12-16
I-D Exists
WG Document
7 pages 2025-11-24
I-D Exists
WG Document
49 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc6146-bis-00
Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
2026-02-23
New
I-D Exists
WG Document
23 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc7084bis-04
Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers
2025-10-20
I-D Exists
WG Document
Dec 2025
38 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc7915-bis-00
IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
2026-02-23
New
I-D Exists
WG Document
Active with the IESG Internet-Drafts (2 hits)
24 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-claton-14
464XLAT Customer-side Translator (CLAT): Node Behavior and Recommendations
2025-12-18
IESG Evaluation::Revised I-D Needed 30
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: dnsdir tsvart IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call opsdir IETF Last Call intdir IETF Last Call dnsdir IETF Last Call
Oct 2025
Action Holders: Lorenzo Colitti 30, Jen Linkova 30, Tommy Jensen 30 		Mohamed Boucadair
Michael Richardson
11 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-icmpext-xlat-v6only-source-01
Using Dummy IPv4 Address and Node Identification Extensions for IP/ICMP translators (XLATs)
2025-11-06
AD Evaluation::Revised I-D Needed
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Dec 2025
Action Holders: Mohamed Boucadair , David 'equinox' Lamparter , Jen Linkova 		Mohamed Boucadair
Tom Hill
Expired Internet-Drafts (2 hits)
13 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-hbh-10
Operational Issues with Processing of the Hop-by-Hop Options Header
2024-02-16
Expired
Parked WG Document : Informational
Reviews: secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call 		Warren Kumari
Tom Herbert
13 pages
draft-ietf-v6ops-ula-usage-considerations-05
Considerations For Using Unique Local Addresses
2024-12-11
Expired
Parked WG Document
RFCs (89 hits)
12 pages
RFC 3574
Transition Scenarios for 3GPP Networks
2003-08
Informational RFC 		Randy Bush
20 pages
RFC 3750
Unmanaged Networks IPv6 Transition Scenarios
2004-04
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
10 pages
RFC 3789
Introduction to the Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
49 pages
RFC 3790
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Internet Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
15 pages
RFC 3791
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Routing Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
25 pages
RFC 3792
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Security Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
6 pages
RFC 3793
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Sub-IP Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
31 pages
RFC 3794
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Transport Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
50 pages
RFC 3795
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Application Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
43 pages
RFC 3796
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Operations & Management Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
2004-06
Informational RFC 		Bert Wijnen
19 pages
RFC 3904
Evaluation of IPv6 Transition Mechanisms for Unmanaged Networks
2004-09
Informational RFC 		1 David Kessens
41 pages
RFC 3964
Security Considerations for 6to4 Errata
2004-12
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
28 pages
RFC 4029
Scenarios and Analysis for Introducing IPv6 into ISP Networks Errata
2005-03
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
33 pages
RFC 4038
Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition Errata
2005-03
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
17 pages
RFC 4057
IPv6 Enterprise Network Scenarios Errata
2005-06
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
22 pages
RFC 4192
Procedures for Renumbering an IPv6 Network without a Flag Day
2005-09
Informational RFC 		1 David Kessens
27 pages
RFC 4213
Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers Errata
2005-10
Proposed Standard RFC 		1 David Kessens
24 pages
RFC 4215
Analysis on IPv6 Transition in Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Networks
2005-10
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
11 pages
RFC 4554
Use of VLANs for IPv4-IPv6 Coexistence in Enterprise Networks
2006-06
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
81 pages
RFC 4779
ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Broadband Access Networks Errata
2007-01
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
32 pages
RFC 4852
IPv6 Enterprise Network Analysis - IP Layer 3 Focus Errata
2007-04
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
36 pages
RFC 4864
Local Network Protection for IPv6
2007-05
Informational RFC 		1 David Kessens
38 pages
RFC 4890
Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls Errata
2007-05
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
23 pages
RFC 4891
Using IPsec to Secure IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnels
2007-05
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
41 pages
RFC 4942
IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations
2007-09
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
8 pages
RFC 4943
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption Considered Harmful
2007-09
Informational RFC 		David Kessens
25 pages
RFC 4966
Reasons to Move the Network Address Translator - Protocol Translator (NAT-PT) to Historic Status Errata
2007-07
Informational RFC 		1 David Kessens
7 pages
RFC 5156
Special-Use IPv6 Addresses
2008-04
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc6890 		Ron Bonica
13 pages
RFC 5157
IPv6 Implications for Network Scanning
2008-03
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc7707 		Ron Bonica
16 pages
RFC 5181
IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in 802.16 Networks
2008-05
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
17 pages
RFC 5220
Problem Statement for Default Address Selection in Multi-Prefix Environments: Operational Issues of RFC 3484 Default Rules Errata
2008-07
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
7 pages
RFC 5221
Requirements for Address Selection Mechanisms
2008-07
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
35 pages
RFC 5375
IPv6 Unicast Address Assignment Considerations Errata
2008-12
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
10 pages
RFC 5963
IPv6 Deployment in Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
2010-08
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
23 pages
RFC 6036
Emerging Service Provider Scenarios for IPv6 Deployment Errata
2010-10
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc9386 		Ron Bonica
36 pages
RFC 6092
Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service Errata
2011-01
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
16 pages
RFC 6104
Rogue IPv6 Router Advertisement Problem Statement
2011-02
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
10 pages
RFC 6105
IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard
2011-02
Informational RFC
Updated by rfc7113 		Ron Bonica
20 pages
RFC 6169
Security Concerns with IP Tunneling
2011-04
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
9 pages
RFC 6177
IPv6 Address Assignment to End Sites
2011-03
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 157 		Ron Bonica
17 pages
RFC 6204
Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers Errata
2011-04
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc7084 		Ron Bonica
13 pages
RFC 6264
An Incremental Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) for IPv6 Transition
2011-06
Informational RFC 		1 Ron Bonica
17 pages
RFC 6312
Mobile Networks Considerations for IPv6 Deployment
2011-07
Informational RFC
Obsoleted by rfc6342 		Ron Bonica
19 pages
RFC 6324
Routing Loop Attack Using IPv6 Automatic Tunnels: Problem Statement and Proposed Mitigations
2011-08
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
17 pages
RFC 6342
Mobile Networks Considerations for IPv6 Deployment
2011-08
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
20 pages
RFC 6343
Advisory Guidelines for 6to4 Deployment
2011-08
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
36 pages
RFC 6459
IPv6 in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Evolved Packet System (EPS)
2012-01
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
15 pages
RFC 6555
Happy Eyeballs: Success with Dual-Stack Hosts Errata
2012-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8305 		Ron Bonica
12 pages
RFC 6583
Operational Neighbor Discovery Problems
2012-03
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
27 pages
RFC 6589
Considerations for Transitioning Content to IPv6
2012-04
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
6 pages
RFC 6666
A Discard Prefix for IPv6
2012-08
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
29 pages
RFC 6782
Wireline Incremental IPv6
2012-11
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
6 pages
RFC 6791
Stateless Source Address Mapping for ICMPv6 Packets
2012-11
Proposed Standard RFC 		Ron Bonica
14 pages
RFC 6877
464XLAT: Combination of Stateful and Stateless Translation
2013-04
Informational RFC 		1 Ron Bonica
24 pages
RFC 6883
IPv6 Guidance for Internet Content Providers and Application Service Providers
2013-03
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
20 pages
RFC 7066
IPv6 for Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Cellular Hosts
2013-11
Informational RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
21 pages
RFC 7084
Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers
2013-11
Informational RFC
Updated by rfc9096, rfc9818 		Ron Bonica
13 pages
RFC 7113
Implementation Advice for IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard (RA-Guard)
2014-02
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
22 pages
RFC 7157
IPv6 Multihoming without Network Address Translation
2014-03
Informational RFC 		Ron Bonica
22 pages
RFC 7269
NAT64 Deployment Options and Experience
2014-06
Informational RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
10 pages
RFC 7278
Extending an IPv6 /64 Prefix from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mobile Interface to a LAN Link
2014-06
Informational RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
4 pages
RFC 7335
IPv4 Service Continuity Prefix
2014-08
Proposed Standard RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
34 pages
RFC 7381
Enterprise IPv6 Deployment Guidelines
2014-10
Informational RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
19 pages
RFC 7445
Analysis of Failure Cases in IPv6 Roaming Scenarios
2015-03
Informational RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
10 pages
RFC 7526
Deprecating the Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers
2015-05
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 196 		Joel Jaeggli
6 pages
RFC 7608
IPv6 Prefix Length Recommendation for Forwarding
2015-07
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 198 		Joel Jaeggli
9 pages
RFC 7690
Close Encounters of the ICMP Type 2 Kind (Near Misses with ICMPv6 Packet Too Big (PTB))
2016-01
Informational RFC 		Benoît Claise
24 pages
RFC 7755
SIIT-DC: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation for IPv6 Data Center Environments
2016-02
Proposed Standard RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
17 pages
RFC 7756
Stateless IP/ICMP Translation for IPv6 Internet Data Center Environments (SIIT-DC): Dual Translation Mode
2016-02
Proposed Standard RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
19 pages
RFC 7757
Explicit Address Mappings for Stateless IP/ICMP Translation
2016-02
Internet Standard RFC
Also known as STD 103 		Joel Jaeggli
6 pages
RFC 7772
Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements
2016-02
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 202 		Joel Jaeggli
15 pages
RFC 7872
Observations on the Dropping of Packets with IPv6 Extension Headers in the Real World Errata
2016-06
Informational RFC 		Joel Jaeggli
15 pages
RFC 7934
Host Address Availability Recommendations Errata
2016-07
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 204 		Joel Jaeggli
7 pages
RFC 8215
Local-Use IPv4/IPv6 Translation Prefix
2017-08
Proposed Standard RFC 		Warren Kumari
10 pages
RFC 8273
Unique IPv6 Prefix per Host
2017-12
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
15 pages
RFC 8305
Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using Concurrency
2017-12
Proposed Standard RFC 		Warren Kumari
21 pages
RFC 8475
Using Conditional Router Advertisements for Enterprise Multihoming
2018-10
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
21 pages
RFC 8585
Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers to Support IPv4-as-a-Service
2019-05
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
38 pages
RFC 8683
Additional Deployment Guidelines for NAT64/464XLAT in Operator and Enterprise Networks
2019-11
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
11 pages
RFC 8978
Reaction of IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to Flash-Renumbering Events
2021-03
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
11 pages
RFC 9096
Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering Events
2021-08
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 234 		Warren Kumari
17 pages
RFC 9098
Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets with Extension Headers Errata
2021-09
Informational RFC 		Robert Wilton
27 pages
RFC 9313
Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4-as-a-Service (IPv4aaS)
2022-10
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
37 pages
RFC 9386
IPv6 Deployment Status
2023-04
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
5 pages
RFC 9637
Expanding the IPv6 Documentation Space
2024-08
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
19 pages
RFC 9663
Using DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6-PD) to Allocate Unique IPv6 Prefixes per Client in Large Broadcast Networks
2024-10
Informational RFC 		Warren Kumari
7 pages
RFC 9818
DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation on IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Routers in LANs
2025-07
Informational RFC 		Mohamed Boucadair
10 pages
RFC 9872
Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis
2025-09
Informational RFC 		Mohamed Boucadair
26 pages
RFC 9898
Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments
2025-11
Informational RFC 		Mohamed Boucadair
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (11 hits)
4 pages
draft-kristoff-v6ops-asn-based-addressing-02
ASN Prefix-based Addressing for IPv6
2025-11-26
I-D Exists
11 pages
draft-ma-v6ops-5g-ipv6only-01
Considerations of Gradual IPv6-only Deployment in 5G Mobile Networks
2025-08-29
Expires soon
I-D Exists
6 pages
draft-palet-v6ops-eam-std-01
Reclassifying EAM (RFC7757) to Internet Standard
2025-10-20
I-D Exists
7 pages
draft-palet-v6ops-ipv6-only-09
IPv6-only and IPv6-Mostly Terminology Definition
2025-11-14
I-D Exists
27 pages
draft-palet-v6ops-prefix-assignment-00
IPv6 Prefix Assignment to end-users
2025-10-19
I-D Exists
6 pages
draft-palet-v6ops-siit-dc-dtm-st-00
Reclassifying SIIT-DC-DTM (RFC7756) to Standards Track
2025-11-14
I-D Exists
6 pages
draft-palet-v6ops-siit-dc-st-00
Reclassifying SIIT-DC (RFC7755) to Standards Track
2025-11-14
I-D Exists
7 pages
draft-palet-v6ops-translators-addressing-std-01
Reclassifying RFC6052 to Internet Standard
2025-10-19
I-D Exists
11 pages
draft-pang-v6ops-ipv6-monitoring-deployment-04
IPv6 Network Deployment Monitoring and Analysis
2025-11-18
I-D Exists
15 pages
draft-ren-v6ops-ipv6-iid-patterns-measurement-00
Measurement and Analysis of IPv6 Interface Identifier Patterns in the Real World
2025-12-07
I-D Exists
7 pages 2025-12-12
I-D Exists
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