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RFC 5942
IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes,July 2010
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updates:
- RFC 4861
- Authors:
- H. Singh
W. Beebee
E. Nordmark - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- 6man (int)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5942
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Abstract
IPv6 specifies a model of a subnet that is different than the IPv4subnet model. The subtlety of the differences has resulted inincorrect implementations that do not interoperate. This documentspells out the most important difference: that an IPv6 address isn'tautomatically associated with an IPv6 on-link prefix. This documentalso updates (partially due to security concerns caused by incorrectimplementations) a part of the definition of "on-link" from RFC 4861. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.