RFC 2460

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RFC 2460 is the original Internet standard that specified the core IPv6 protocol header and packet format, later superseded by RFC 8200.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard
Request for Comments
appliesTo IP networks
the internet
surface form: Internet
area Internet Area
category Standards Track RFC
defines IPv6 base header fields
IPv6 destination address field
IPv6 extension header mechanism
IPv6 flow label field
IPv6 fragmentation behavior
IPv6 fragmentation via Fragment header instead of in base header
IPv6 handling of options via extension headers
IPv6 header format
IPv6 header processing rules for hosts
IPv6 header processing rules for routers
IPv6 hop limit field
IPv6 jumbogram support via Hop-by-Hop Options header
IPv6 minimum MTU requirements
IPv6 next header field
IPv6 packet format
IPv6 path MTU discovery behavior
IPv6 payload length field
IPv6 source address field
IPv6 traffic class field
IPv6 unicast, anycast, and multicast packet treatment at header level
IPv6 upper-layer checksum pseudo-header
rules for header order of IPv6 extension headers
rules for processing unknown IPv6 extension headers
focusesOn network layer
language English
networkProtocolFamily TCP/IP
surface form: Internet Protocol Suite
obsoletedBy RFC 8200
protocolSpecified Internet Protocol version 6
surface form: IPv6
protocolVersion 6
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
RFC Editor
replaces RFC 1883
standardizes IPv6 addressing architecture interaction at packet level
IPv6 datagram structure
core IPv6 protocol
status Obsoleted
successor RFC 8200
title Internet Protocol version 6
surface form: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
updates IPv4 concepts for IPv6
workingGroup IPng Working Group

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RFC 8200 obsoletes RFC 2460
IP definedInRFC RFC 2460