Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 9
Abstract: This document changes the recommended default Interface Identifier (IID) generation scheme for cases where Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) is used to generate a stable IPv6 address. It recommends using the mechanism specified in RFC 7217 in such cases, and recommends against embedding stable link-layer addresses in IPv6 IIDs. It formally updates RFC 2464, RFC 2467, RFC 2470, RFC 2491, RFC 2492, RFC 2497, RFC 2590, RFC 3146, RFC 3572, RFC 4291, RFC 4338, RFC 4391, RFC 5072, and RFC 5121. This document does not change any existing recommendations concerning the use of temporary addresses as specified in RFC 4941.
Publication Date: 2017-02-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8064
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8064
Author(s): Fernando Gont
Alissa Cooper
Dave Thaler
Will (Shucheng) LIU

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Normative Reference(s)

IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2460 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2464 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2467 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2470 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2491 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2492 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2497 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2590 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3146 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4291 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4338 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4391 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4862 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4941 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4944 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5072 [Active*]
RFC5121 — RFC5121 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6282 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6775 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7217 [Active*]
RFC7428 — RFC7428 EXTERNAL

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Gont, F. and I. Arce, "Security and Privacy Implications of Numeric Identifiers Employed in Network Protocols", Work in Progress, February 2016. EXTERNAL
Davies, J., "Understanding IPv6, 3rd. ed", page 83, Microsoft Press, 2012, < http://it-ebooks.info/book/1022/ >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 3572 [Active*]
RFC7721 — RFC7721 EXTERNAL

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IETF RFC 8505 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8928 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9542 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9568 [Active*]