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IETF RFC 7421
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Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Informational
Pages
24
Abstract
The IPv6 unicast addressing format includes a separation between the prefix used to route packets to a subnet and the interface identifier used to specify a given interface connected to that subnet. Currently, the interface identifier is defined as 64 bits long for almost every case, leaving 64 bits for the subnet prefix. This document describes the advantages of this fixed boundary and analyzes the issues that would be involved in treating it as a variable boundary.
Publication Date
2015-01-01
Status Note
Informational
DOI
10.17487/RFC7421
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7421
Author(s)
Brian E. Carpenter
Tim Chown
Fernando Gont
Sheng Jiang
Alexandre Petrescu
Andrew Yourtchenko
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Bibliographic Reference(s)

  • IEEE.STD802.2001 — IEEE 802-2001, Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture, 2001 EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-ietf-6lo-6lobac-00 — IPv6-TRANS EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-ietf-6lo-lowpanz-08 — IPv6-G9959 EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-ietf-6lowpan-btle-12 — BLUETOOTH-LE EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-02 — ADDRESS-PRIVACY EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-host-scanning-04 — HOST-SCANNING EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-odell-8 — ODELL EXTERNAL
  • IETF.draft-templin-aerolink-46 — AERO-TRANS EXTERNAL
  • Meiners, C., Liu, A., and E. Torng, "Algorithmic Approaches to Redesigning TCAM-Based Systems", ACM SIGMETRICS'08 467-468, 2008. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 2629 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 3756 [Active*]
  • RFC4692 — RFC4692 EXTERNAL
  • RFC4887 — RFC4887 EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 5505 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 6583 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 6741 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 6877 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 7094 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 7217 [Active*]
  • RFC7278 — RFC7278 EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 7368 [Active*]
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