RFC 7934 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2016
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Host Address Availability Recommendations
Overview
RFC 7934, “Host Address Availability Recommendations”, is a Best Current Practice document published in July 2016 by L. Colitti, V. Cerf, S. Cheshire, D. Schinazi. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document recommends that networks provide general-purpose end hosts with multiple global IPv6 addresses when they attach, and it describes the benefits of and the options for doing so.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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