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EXPERIMENTAL

Authors:

M. Danielson
M. Nilsson

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8135

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Abstract

The 128-bit length of IPv6 addresses (RFC 4291) allows for new andinnovative address schemes that can adapt to the challenges oftoday's complex network world. It also allows for new and improvedsecurity measures and supports advanced cloud computing challenges.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.