RFC 8200

E23862

RFC 8200 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the core protocol architecture and operation of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf IPv6 specification
Internet standard
Request for Comments
area Internet Area
category Internet Standard
defines IPv6 authentication header reference
IPv6 base protocol
IPv6 destination address field
IPv6 destination options header
IPv6 encapsulating security payload reference
IPv6 extension header mechanism
IPv6 extension header ordering rules
IPv6 flow label field
IPv6 fragment header
IPv6 fragmentation behavior
IPv6 header format
IPv6 hop limit field
IPv6 hop-by-hop options header
IPv6 next header field
IPv6 no-next-header value
IPv6 options processing
IPv6 packet structure
IPv6 payload length field
IPv6 routing header
IPv6 source address field
IPv6 traffic class field
obsoletes RFC 2460
partOf IPv6 standards suite
protocolNumber 41
protocolVersion IPv6
publishedBy IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
replaces original IPv6 specification in RFC 2460
specifies IPv6 addressing model at the packet level
IPv6 extension header processing
IPv6 fragmentation rules
IPv6 minimum MTU requirements
IPv6 packet processing rules
IPv6 path MTU discovery behavior
IPv6 upper-layer checksum considerations
core IPv6 protocol architecture
standardizes 128-bit IPv6 addresses
IPv6 base header size of 40 bytes
standardsTrackStatus Internet Standard
stream IETF
title Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
updates IPv6 protocol

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Internet Protocol version 6
definedIn
RFC 791
obsoletedBy

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