RFC 5736 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010
WED · 29 JUL 2026
IANA IPv4 Special Purpose Address Registry
Overview
RFC 5736, “IANA IPv4 Special Purpose Address Registry”, is an Informational document published in January 2010 by G. Huston, M. Cotton, L. Vegoda. It has been obsoleted by RFC 6890 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This is a direction to IANA concerning the creation and management of the IANA IPv4 Special Purpose Address Registry. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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