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IP Version 6 over PPP
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Network Working Group D. Haskin
Request for Comments: 2023 E. Allen
Category: Standards Track Bay Networks, Inc.
October 1996
IP Version 6 over PPP
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method of
encapsulating Network Layer protocol information over point-to-point
links. PPP also defines an extensible Link Control Protocol, and
proposes a family of Network Control Protocols (NCPs) for
establishing and configuring different network-layer protocols.
This document defines the method for transmission of IP Version 6 [2]
packets over PPP links as well as the Network Control Protocol (NCP)
for establishing and configuring the IPv6 over PPP. It also specifies
the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses on PPP links.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction .......................................... 2
1.1. Specification of Requirements ...................... 2
2. Sending IPv6 Datagrams ................................ 3
3. A PPP Network Control Protocol for IPv6 ............... 3
4. IPV6CP Configuration Options .......................... 4
4.1. Interface-Token ................................... 4
4.2. IPv6-Compression-Protocol.......................... 7
5. Stateless Autoconfiguration and Link-Local Addresses .. 9
A. IPV6CP Recommended Options ............................. 9
Security Considerations ....................................... 10
References .................................................... 10
Acknowledgments ............................................... 10
Authors' Addresses ............................................ 10
Haskin & Allen Standards Track