IETF RFC 9386
[ACTIVE]
IPv6 Deployment Status
Metadata
- Publisher
- IETF
- Doc Type
- Informational
- Pages
- 37
- Abstract
- This document provides an overview of the status of IPv6 deployment in 2022. Specifically, it looks at the degree of adoption of IPv6 in the industry, analyzes the remaining challenges, and proposes further investigations in areas where the industry has not yet taken a clear and unified approach in the transition to IPv6. It obsoletes RFC 6036.
- Publication Date
- 2023-04-01
- Status Note
- Informational
- DOI
10.17487/RFC9386- Link
- https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9386
- Author(s)
- Giuseppe FioccolaPaolo VolpatoJordi Palet MartinezGyan MishraChongfeng Xie
- Keyword(s)
- IPv6-only, Overlays, Underlay, IPv4aaS
Latest version of IETF RFC 9386
Document Versions — IETF RFC 9386
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▶ IETF RFC 9386 (2023-04-01)THIS DOC [ACTIVE] [LATEST VERSION]
Normative Reference(s)
- IETF RFC 1918 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 3756 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 3971 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 4213 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 6036 [Superseded*]
- IETF RFC 6180 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 6333 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 6540 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 6583 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 6877 [Active*]
- RFC6883 — RFC6883 EXTERNAL
- RFC7381 — RFC7381 EXTERNAL
- RFC7596 — RFC7596 EXTERNAL
- RFC7597 — RFC7597 EXTERNAL
- IETF RFC 7599 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 8950 [Active*]
- RFC9099 — RFC9099 EXTERNAL
- RFC9313 — RFC9313 EXTERNAL
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- IETF RFC 8200 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 8305 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 8415 [Superseded*]
- RFC8683 — RFC8683 EXTERNAL
- IETF RFC 8981 [Active*]
- RFC9098 — RFC9098 EXTERNAL
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