RFC 2465 · HISTORIC · 1998
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group
Overview
RFC 2465, “Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group”, is a Historic document published in December 1998 by D. Haskin, S. Onishi. It has been obsoleted by RFC 4293, RFC 8096 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document is one in the series of documents that provide MIB definitions for for IP Version 6. Specifically, the IPv6 MIB textual conventions as well as the IPv6 MIB General group is defined in this document. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1998
- RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
- RFC 2466 Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group
- RFC 2463 Internet Control Message Protocol for the Internet Protocol Version 6 Specification
- RFC 2467 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
- RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
- RFC 2468 I REMEMBER IANA
- RFC 2461 Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6
- RFC 2469 A Caution On The Canonical Ordering Of Link-Layer Addresses