IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
RFC 4862, “IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration”, is a Draft Standard document published in September 2007 by S. Thomson, T. Narten, T. Jinmei. It obsoletes RFC 2462. It has since been updated by RFC 7527, RFC 9762. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies the steps a host takes in deciding how to autoconfigure its interfaces in IP version 6. The autoconfiguration process includes generating a link-local address, generating global addresses via stateless address autoconfiguration, and the Duplicate Address Detection procedure to verify the uniqueness of the addresses on a link. [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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