IPv6 Maintenance (6man)

Last Modified: 2008-12-16

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Description of Working Group:

The 6man working group is responsible for the maintenance, upkeep,
and advancement of the IPv6 protocol specifications and addressing
architecture. It is not chartered to develop major changes or
additions to the IPv6 specifications. The working group will
address protocol limitations/issues discovered during deployment
and operation. It will also serve as a venue for discussing
the proper location for working on IPv6-related issues within
the IETF.

The working group's work items are as follows:

o Complete work on RA Flags Option
o Complete work on RH0 Deprecation
o Complete work on IPv6 over PPP Compression Negotiation
o Complete work on Centrally Allocated Unique Local
Addresses (ULA-C)

All new work items not listed above require the approval
of the working group and the sponsoring Area Director before
they will be taken on by the working group.

Goals and Milestones:

Done  Submit RH0 Deprecation specification to IESG as a Proposed Standard
Jan 2008  Submit PPP Compression Negotiation specification to IESG as a Proposed Standard
Mar 2008  Determine way forward for ULA-C specification

Internet-Drafts:

IPv6 Node Requirements RFC 4294-bis (62555 bytes)
IPv6 UDP Checksum Considerations (81036 bytes)
An uniform format for IPv6 extension headers (14029 bytes)
An IPv6 Routing Header for Source Routes with RPL (28502 bytes)
RPL Option for Carrying RPL Information in Data-Plane Datagrams (17146 bytes)
Update to RFC 3484 Default Address Selection for IPv6 (20102 bytes)
Using 127-bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links (16751 bytes)
Using the IPv6 flow label for equal cost multipath routing and link aggregation in tunnels (21542 bytes)
Rationale for update to the IPv6 flow label specification (26536 bytes)
Distributing Address Selection Policy using DHCPv6 (15750 bytes)
The Line Identification Destination Option (26335 bytes)
Duplicate Address Detection Proxy (25783 bytes)
IPv6 Flow Label Specification (32378 bytes)
UDP Checksums for Tunneled Packets (24819 bytes)

Request For Comments:

Negotiation for IPv6 datagram compression using IPv6 Control Protocol (RFC 5172) (14646 bytes) obsoletes RFC 2472
Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers (RFC 5453) (11754 bytes)
Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments (RFC 5722) (11838 bytes) updates RFC 2460
IANA Allocation Guidelines for the IPv6 Routing Header (RFC 5871) (4000 bytes) updates RFC 2460
IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes (RFC 5942) (27035 bytes) updates RFC 4861
A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation (RFC 5952) (26570 bytes) updates RFC 4291
IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration (RFC 6106) (45181 bytes) obsoletes RFC 5006