RFC 2463 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1998
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Internet Control Message Protocol for the Internet Protocol Version 6 Specification
Overview
RFC 2463, “Internet Control Message Protocol for the Internet Protocol Version 6 Specification”, is a Draft Standard document published in December 1998 by A. Conta, S. Deering. It obsoletes RFC 1885. It has been obsoleted by RFC 4443 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies a set of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages for use with version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1998
- RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
- RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
- RFC 2461 Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6
- RFC 2465 Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group
- RFC 2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 Specification
- RFC 2466 Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group
- RFC 2467 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
- RFC 2458 Toward the PSTN/Internet Inter-Networking--Pre-PINT Implementations