RFC 4941 · DRAFT STANDARD · 2007

Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6

Overview

RFC 4941, “Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6”, is a Draft Standard document published in September 2007 by T. Narten, R. Draves, S. Krishnan. It obsoletes RFC 3041. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8981 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Nodes use IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration to generate addresses using a combination of locally available information and information advertised by routers. Addresses are formed by combining network prefixes with an interface identifier. On an interface that contains an embedded IEEE Identifier, the interface identifier is typically derived from it. On other interface types, the interface identifier is generated through other means, for example, via random number generation. This document describes an extension to IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration for interfaces whose interface identifier is derived from an IEEE identifier. Use of the extension causes nodes to generate global scope addresses from interface identifiers that change over time, even in cases where the interface contains an embedded IEEE identifier. Changing the interface identifier (and the global scope addresses generated from it) over time makes it more difficult for eavesdroppers and other information collectors to identify when different addresses used in different transactions actually correspond to the same node. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Draft Standard” means

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3041
Obsoleted by
RFC 8981
Other RFCs from 2007

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