RFC 2471 (rfc2471) - Page 1 of 5
IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
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Network Working Group R. Hinden
Request for Comments: 2471 Nokia
Obsoletes: 1897 R. Fink
Category: Experimental LBNL
J. Postel
ISI
December 1998
IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
Status of this Memo
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
1.0 Introduction
This document describes an allocation plan for IPv6 addresses to be
used in testing IPv6 prototype software. These addresses are
temporary and will be reclaimed in the future. Any IPv6 system using
these addresses will have to renumber at some time in the future.
These addresses will not to be routable in the Internet other than
for IPv6 testing.
The address format for the IPv6 test address is consistent with the
"Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Allocation" [AGGR] and "TLA and
NLA Assignment Rules" [TLAASN].
This document is intended to replace RFC 1897 "IPv6 Testing Address
Allocation", January 1996. RFC 1897 will become historic.
The addresses described in this document are consistent with the IPv6
Addressing Architecture [ARCH]. They may be assigned to nodes
manually, with IPv6 Auto Address Allocation [AUTO], or with DHCP for
IPv6 [DHCPv6].
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].
Hinden, et. al. Experimental