Host Address Availability Recommendations

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Best Practice
Pages: 15
Abstract: This document recommends that networks provide general-purpose end hosts with multiple global IPv6 addresses when they attach, and it describes the benefits of and the options for doing so.
Publication Date: 2016-07-01
Status Note: Best Current Practice
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7934
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7934
Author(s): Lorenzo Colitti
Dr. Vinton G. Cerf
Stuart Cheshire
David Schinazi
Keyword(s): IPv6, IPv4, SLAAC, DHCPv6, Prefix Delegation, NAT, NAT64, 464XLAT, Address Assignment, Addressing

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IETF RFC 1918 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2460 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2993 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3315 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3633 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4291 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4389 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4862 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4941 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5902 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6434 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6459 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6877 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7039 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7217 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7278 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7421 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7844 [Active*]

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