IPv6 (RFC 8200)
- Category
- Web and networking protocols
- Docs outline
- 6 sections
Official docs outline
rfc-editor.org- IPv6 header format
Fixed 40-byte header: traffic class, flow label, next header and hop limit.
- Extension headers
Hop-by-hop, routing, fragment and destination options headers.
- Packet size and fragmentation
Minimum MTU of 1280 bytes and source-only fragmentation.
- Addressing architecture
Unicast, multicast and anycast address types and notation.
- Neighbor discovery
Router/neighbor solicitation and advertisement, replacing ARP.
- Stateless address autoconfiguration
SLAAC address generation and duplicate address detection.
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