IP Version 6 Working Group (ipv6)

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Last Modified: 2007-02-20

Chair(s):

Robert Hinden <bob.hinden@nokia.com>
Brian Haberman <brian@innovationslab.net>

Internet Area Director(s):

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net>
Mark Townsley <townsley@cisco.com>

Internet Area Advisor:

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net>

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Description of Working Group:

The IPv6 working group is responsible for the specification and
standardization of the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). IPv6
provides
a much larger global addresses space than its predecessor IPv4. This
enables global end-to-end communication and restores valuable
properties
of the IP architecture that have been lost in the IPv4 Internet. The
core
IPv6 standards are widely implemented and are starting to see global
deployment.

The IPv6 working group was originally chartered by the IESG as the IP
Next Generation (IPng) working group to implement the recommendations
of
the IPng Area Directors as outlined at the July 1994 IETF meeting and
in
"The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol," RFC1752,
January 1995.

The primary focus of the IPv6 w.g. is to complete the standardization
of
the IPv6 protocols, and to review and update the IPv6 specifications
based on implementation and deployment experience, and advancing them
on
the standardization track as appropriate.

The working group's work items are as follows:

o Complete Prefix Delegation requirements and publish. Related
  remaining work is:
- Develop Proxy Neighbor Discovery solution for prefix delegation
  and publish. This enables a simple site border router to
  re-advertise downstream a prefix it hears on its upstream link.
o Complete revision of IPv6 MIBs (combined IPv4/IPv6 versions) and
  publish.
o Complete "Default Router Preferences, More-Specific Routes, and "Load
  Sharing" and publish.
o Update to ICMPv6 (RFC2463) and publish.
o Complete "Node Information Queries" and publish.
o Update Auto Configuration (RFC2462) and Neighbor Discovery (RFC2461)
  and publish.
o Investigate approaches to optimize or eliminate Duplicate Address
  Detection (DAD) to make reduce the delays incurred by DAD when there
  is a change of network attachment points. Publish a document defining
  DAD optimizations.
o Update "Privacy Extensions for Stateless Autoconfiguration" document
  (RFC3041) and publish.
o Complete work on IPv6 Node Requirements and publish.
o Complete work stemming from the working group decision to deprecate
  site-local addressing. This includes:
- Publish document deprecating the usage of Site-Local addressing.
- Publish revision of the IPv6 Address Architecture that includes
  the deprecation of site-local addressing.
- Publish a replacement for site-local addresses that removes the
  major limitations and allows for local allocations.
o Update the IPv6 Address Architecture to resolve the issues raised in
  the IAB response to the Robert Elz appeal and publish as a Draft
  Standard.
o Complete work on Scoped Addressing Architecture and publish.
o Update IPv6 over PPP (RFC2472) and publish.
o Complete work on "Link Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addresses" and publish.

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

Goals and Milestones:

Done  Submit A Flexible method to manage the assignment of bits of an IPv6 address block to the IESG for Informational.
Done  Submit Flow Label specification to IESG for Proposed Standard.
Done  Submit Prefix Delegation requirements and submit to IESG for Informational.
Done  Revise Aggregatable Unicast Addresses (RFC2374) to remove TLA/NLA/SLA terminology.
Done  Draft on Proxy RA solution for prefix delegation.
Done  Submit IPv6 Node Requirements to IESG for Informational.
Done  Submit Site-Local Deprecation document to IESG for Informational.
Done  Submit Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit Link Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addresses to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit IPv6 Scoped Addressing Architecture to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit TCP MIB to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit Site-Local Deprecation document to IESG for Informational
Done  Submit Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit Router Preferences, More-Specific Routes to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit updates to Auto Configuration (RFC2462 to be republished at Draft Standard
Done  Submit update to ICMPv6 (RFC2463) to be republished at Draft Standard
Done  Submit Load Sharing to IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit document defining DAD optimizations to the IESG for Proposed Standard
Done  Submit Update to Privacy Extensions for Stateless Autoconfiguration document (RFC3041) to the IESG for Draft Standard
Done  Submit update to IPv6 Address Architecture to the IESG for Draft Standard
Done  Submit Proxy ND to IESG for Experimental
Done  Submit updates to Neighbor Discovery (RFC2461) to be republished at Draft Standard
Done  Submit update to IPv6 over PPP (RFC2472) to IESG for Draft Standard
Done  Resubmit Node Information Queries to IESG for Experimental status
Jun 2007  Re-charter or close working group.

Internet-Drafts:

  • draft-ietf-ipv6-rfc2462bis-08.txt
  • draft-ietf-ipv6-over-ppp-v2-02.txt
  • draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-11.txt
  • draft-ietf-ipv6-privacy-addrs-v2-05.txt

    Request For Comments:

    RFCStatusTitle
    RFC1883 PS Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
    RFC1884 PS IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
    RFC1885 PS Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
    RFC1886 PS DNS Extensions to support IP version 6
    RFC1887 I An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
    RFC1888 E OSI NSAPs and IPv6
    RFC1897 E IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
    RFC1970 PS Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
    RFC1972 PS A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
    RFC1981 PS Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
    RFC2019 PS Transmission of IPv6 Packets Over FDDI
    RFC2023 PS IP Version 6 over PPP
    RFC2073 PS An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format
    RFC2133 I Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
    RFC2147 PS TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms
    RFC2292 I Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
    RFC2373 PS IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
    RFC2374 PS An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
    RFC2375 I IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
    RFC2450 I Proposed TLA and NLA Assignment Rules
    RFC2452 PS IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol
    RFC2454 PS IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol
    RFC2460 DS Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
    RFC2461 DS Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
    RFC2462 DS IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
    RFC2463 DS Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
    RFC2464 PS Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
    RFC2465 PS Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group
    RFC2466 PS Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group
    RFC2467 PS Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
    RFC2470 PS Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks
    RFC2471 E IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
    RFC2472 PS IP Version 6 over PPP
    RFC2473 PS Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
    RFC2497 PS Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks
    RFC2507 PS IP Header Compression
    RFC2526 PS Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
    RFC2529 PS Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels
    RFC2553 I Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
    RFC2675 PS IPv6 Jumbograms
    RFC2710 PS Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
    RFC2711 PS IPv6 Router Alert Option
    RFC2732 PS Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's
    RFC2874 PS DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering
    RFC2894 PS Router Renumbering for IPv6
    RFC2928 I Initial IPv6 Sub-TLA ID Assignments
    RFC3019 PS IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol
    RFC3041 PS Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
    RFC3122 PS Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery Specification
    RFC3146 PS Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks
    RFC3178 I IPv6 multihoming support at site exit routers
    RFC3306 PS Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast Addresses
    RFC3314 I Recommendations for IPv6 in 3GPP Standards
    RFC3316 I IPv6 for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular Hosts
    RFC3484 PS Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
    RFC3493 I Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
    RFC3513 PS IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
    RFC3531 I A Flexible Method for Managing the Assignment of Bits of an IPv6 Address Block
    RFC3542 I Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for IPv6
    RFC3587 I IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format
    RFC3697 Standard IPv6 Flow Label Specification
    RFC3769 I Requirements for IPv6 prefix delegation
    RFC3879 Standard Deprecating Site Local Addresses
    RFC4007 Standard IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
    RFC4022 Standard Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
    RFC4087 Standard IP Tunnel MIB
    RFC4113 Standard Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
    RFC4191 Standard Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
    RFC4193 Standard Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
    RFC4291 Standard IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
    RFC4292 PS IP Forwarding Table MIB
    RFC4293 PS Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
    RFC4294 I IPv6 Node Requirements
    RFC4311 Standard IPv6 Host-to-Router Load Sharing
    RFC4389 E Neighbor Discovery Proxies (ND Proxy)
    RFC4429 PS Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) for IPv6
    RFC4443 DS Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
    RFC4489 PS A Method for Generating Link Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addresses
    RFC4620 E IPv6 Node Information Queries