RFC 6204 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011

Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers

Overview

RFC 6204, “Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers”, is an Informational document published in April 2011 by H. Singh, W. Beebee, C. Donley, B. Stark, O. Troan. It has been obsoleted by RFC 7084 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies requirements for an IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) router. Specifically, the current version of this document focuses on the basic provisioning of an IPv6 CE router and the provisioning of IPv6 hosts attached to it. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 7084
Other RFCs from 2011

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