RFC 3513 (rfc3513) - Page 2 of 26

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture

RFC 3513              IPv6 Addressing Architecture            April 2003


Table of Contents

   1. Introduction.................................................3
   2. IPv6 Addressing..............................................3
      2.1 Addressing Model.........................................4
      2.2 Text Representation of Addresses.........................4
      2.3 Text Representation of Address Prefixes..................5
      2.4 Address Type Identification..............................6
      2.5 Unicast Addresses........................................7
          2.5.1 Interface Identifiers..............................8
          2.5.2 The Unspecified Address............................9
          2.5.3 The Loopback Address...............................9
          2.5.4 Global Unicast Addresses..........................10
          2.5.5 IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses.......10
          2.5.6 Local-use IPv6 Unicast Addresses..................11
      2.6 Anycast Addresses.......................................12
          2.6.1 Required Anycast Address..........................13
      2.7 Multicast Addresses.....................................13
          2.7.1 Pre-Defined Multicast Addresses...................15
      2.8 A Node's Required Addresses.............................17
   3. Security Considerations.....................................17
   4. IANA Considerations.........................................18
   5. References..................................................19
      5.1 Normative References....................................19
      5.2 Informative References..................................19
   APPENDIX A: Creating Modified EUI-64 format Interface IDs......21
   APPENDIX B: Changes from RFC-2373..............................24
   Authors' Addresses.............................................25
   Full Copyright Statement.......................................26






















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