Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers
RFC 6874, “Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2013 by B. Carpenter, S. Cheshire, R. Hinden. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9844 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes how the zone identifier of an IPv6 scoped address, defined as <zone_id> in the IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture (RFC 4007), can be represented in a literal IPv6 address and in a Uniform Resource Identifier that includes such a literal address. It updates the URI Generic Syntax specification (RFC 3986) accordingly.
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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