RFC 2893 (rfc2893) - Page 1 of 29
Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
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Network Working Group R. Gilligan
Request for Comments: 2893 FreeGate Corp.
Obsoletes: 1933 E. Nordmark
Category: Standards Track Sun Microsystems, Inc.
August 2000
Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
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.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document specifies IPv4 compatibility mechanisms that can be
implemented by IPv6 hosts and routers. These mechanisms include
providing complete implementations of both versions of the Internet
Protocol (IPv4 and IPv6), and tunneling IPv6 packets over IPv4
routing infrastructures. They are designed to allow IPv6 nodes to
maintain complete compatibility with IPv4, which should greatly
simplify the deployment of IPv6 in the Internet, and facilitate the
eventual transition of the entire Internet to IPv6. This document
obsoletes RFC 1933.
Gilligan & Nordmark Standards Track