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RFC 2460
Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification, December 1998
- File formats:
- Status:
- DRAFT STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 1883
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8200
- Updated by:
- RFC 5095, RFC 5722, RFC 5871, RFC 6437, RFC 6564, RFC 6935, RFC 6946, RFC 7045, RFC 7112
- Authors:
- S. Deering
R. Hinden - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- ipngwg (int)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2460
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Abstract
This document specifies version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6), also sometimes referred to as IP Next Generation or IPng. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.
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