IANA IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registry
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The IANA IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registry is an official registry maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority that lists IPv6 address blocks reserved for specific technical purposes, such as multicast, documentation, and protocol experiments.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IP address registry
ⓘ
technical registry ⓘ |
| accessMethod | public web interface ⓘ |
| appliesTo | IPv6 ⓘ |
| dataFormat | tabular registry ⓘ |
| documentedIn | IETF RFCs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | internet protocol addressing ⓘ |
| governedBy |
IETF RFCs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IETF standards process ⓘ |
| includesCategory |
benchmarking address blocks
ⓘ
discontinued or returned special-purpose blocks ⓘ documentation address blocks ⓘ multicast address blocks ⓘ protocol experiment address blocks ⓘ |
| includesField |
RFC reference
ⓘ
address block ⓘ allocation date ⓘ destination ⓘ forwardable ⓘ global ⓘ name ⓘ reserved-by-protocol ⓘ source ⓘ termination date ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
IANA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedOnBehalfOf |
IETF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Internet Engineering Task Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | IANA Number Resources registries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure consistent interpretation of special-purpose IPv6 addresses
ⓘ
to list IPv6 address blocks reserved for specific technical purposes ⓘ |
| records |
IPv6 address ranges reserved for specific purposes
ⓘ
IPv6 special-purpose address blocks ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IANA IPv4 Special-Purpose Address Registry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IANA IPv6 Address Space registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | global Internet ⓘ |
| standardType | de facto Internet standard reference ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
network operators
ⓘ
protocol designers ⓘ software implementers ⓘ standards developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coordinating IPv6 address usage
ⓘ
documenting IPv6 special-purpose allocations ⓘ identifying reserved IPv6 address space ⓘ |
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