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2 Network Working Group R. Hinden
3 Internet-Draft Check Point Software
4 Obsoletes: 4291 (if approved) S. Deering
5 Intended status: Standards Track Retired
6 Expires: July 24, 2016 January 21, 2016
8 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
9 draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-01
11 Abstract
13 This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP
14 Version 6 (IPv6) protocol. The document includes the IPv6 addressing
15 model, text representations of IPv6 addresses, definition of IPv6
16 unicast addresses, anycast addresses, and multicast addresses, and an
17 IPv6 node's required addresses.
19 This document obsoletes RFC 4291, "IP Version 6 Addressing
20 Architecture".
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66 Table of Contents
68 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
69 2. IPv6 Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
70 2.1. Addressing Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
71 2.2. Text Representation of IPv6 Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 4
72 2.2.1. Text Representation of Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 4
73 2.2.2. Text Representation of Address Prefixes . . . . . . . 5
74 2.2.3. Recommendation for outputting IPv6 addresses . . . . 7
75 2.3. Address Type Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
76 2.4. Unicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
77 2.4.1. Interface Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
78 2.4.2. The Unspecified Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
79 2.4.3. The Loopback Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
80 2.4.4. Global Unicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
81 2.4.5. IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses . . . . . 13
82 2.4.5.1. IPv4-Compatible IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . 13
83 2.4.5.2. IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
84 2.4.6. Link-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 14
85 2.4.7. Site-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 14
86 2.5. Anycast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
87 2.5.1. Required Anycast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
88 2.6. Multicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
89 2.6.1. Pre-Defined Multicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . 19
90 2.7. A Node's Required Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
91 3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
92 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
93 5. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
94 6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
95 6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
96 6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
98 Appendix A. Modified EUI-64 Format Interface Identifiers . . . . 24
99 A.1. Creating Modified EUI-64 Format Interface Identifiers . . 25
100 Appendix B. CHANGES SINCE RFC 4291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
101 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
103 1. Introduction
105 This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP
106 Version 6 protocol. It includes the basic formats for the various
107 types of IPv6 addresses (unicast, anycast, and multicast).
109 2. IPv6 Addressing
111 IPv6 addresses are 128-bit identifiers for interfaces and sets of
112 interfaces (where "interface" is as defined in Section 2 of
113 [I-D.ietf-6man-rfc2460bis]). There are three types of addresses:
115 Unicast: An identifier for a single interface. A packet sent
116 to a unicast address is delivered to the interface
117 identified by that address.
119 Anycast: An identifier for a set of interfaces (typically
120 belonging to different nodes). A packet sent to an
121 anycast address is delivered to one of the interfaces
122 identified by that address (the "nearest" one,
123 according to the routing protocols' measure of
124 distance).
126 Multicast: An identifier for a set of interfaces (typically
127 belonging to different nodes). A packet sent to a
128 multicast address is delivered to all interfaces
129 identified by that address.
131 There are no broadcast addresses in IPv6, their function being
132 superseded by multicast addresses.
134 In this document, fields in addresses are given a specific name, for
135 example, "subnet". When this name is used with the term "ID" for
136 identifier after the name (e.g., "subnet ID"), it refers to the
137 contents of the named field. When it is used with the term "prefix"
138 (e.g., "subnet prefix"), it refers to all of the address from the
139 left up to and including this field.
141 In IPv6, all zeros and all ones are legal values for any field,
142 unless specifically excluded. Specifically, prefixes may contain, or
143 end with, zero-valued fields.
145 2.1. Addressing Model
147 IPv6 addresses of all types are assigned to interfaces, not nodes.
148 An IPv6 unicast address refers to a single interface. Since each
149 interface belongs to a single node, any of that node's interfaces'
150 unicast addresses may be used as an identifier for the node.
152 All interfaces are required to have at least one Link-Local unicast
153 address (see Section 2.8 for additional required addresses). A
154 single interface may also have multiple IPv6 addresses of any type
155 (unicast, anycast, and multicast) or scope. Unicast addresses with a
156 scope greater than link-scope are not needed for interfaces that are
157 not used as the origin or destination of any IPv6 packets to or from
158 non-neighbors. This is sometimes convenient for point-to-point
159 interfaces. There is one exception to this addressing model:
161 A unicast address or a set of unicast addresses may be assigned to
162 multiple physical interfaces if the implementation treats the
163 multiple physical interfaces as one interface when presenting it
164 to the internet layer. This is useful for load-sharing over
165 multiple physical interfaces.
167 Currently, IPv6 continues the IPv4 model in that a subnet prefix is
168 associated with one link. Multiple subnet prefixes may be assigned
169 to the same link.
171 2.2. Text Representation of IPv6 Addresses
173 2.2.1. Text Representation of Addresses
175 There are three conventional forms for representing IPv6 addresses as
176 text strings:
178 1. The preferred form is x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where the 'x's are one to
179 four hexadecimal digits of the eight 16-bit pieces of the address.
180 Examples:
182 abcd:ef01:2345:6789:abcd:ef01:2345:6789
183 2001:db8:0:0:8:800:200c:417a
185 Note that it is not necessary to write the leading zeros in an
186 individual field, but there must be at least one numeral in every
187 field (except for the case described in 2.).
189 2. Due to some methods of allocating certain styles of IPv6
190 addresses, it will be common for addresses to contain long strings
191 of zero bits. In order to make writing addresses containing zero
192 bits easier, a special syntax is available to compress the zeros.
193 The use of "::" indicates one or more groups of 16 bits of zeros.
194 The "::" can only appear once in an address. The "::" can also be
195 used to compress leading or trailing zeros in an address.
197 For example, the following addresses
199 2001:db8:0:0:8:800:200c:417a a unicast address
200 ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 a multicast address
201 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 the loopback address
202 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 the unspecified address
204 may be represented as
206 2001:db8::8:800:200c:417a a unicast address
207 ff01::101 a multicast address
208 ::1 the loopback address
209 :: the unspecified address
211 3. An alternative form that is sometimes more convenient when dealing
212 with a mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6 nodes is
213 x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d, where the 'x's are the hexadecimal values of
214 the six high-order 16-bit pieces of the address, and the 'd's are
215 the decimal values of the four low-order 8-bit pieces of the
216 address (standard IPv4 representation). Examples:
218 0:0:0:0:0:0:13.1.68.3
219 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:129.144.52.38
221 or in compressed form:
223 ::13.1.68.3
224 ::ffff:129.144.52.38
226 2.2.2. Text Representation of Address Prefixes
228 The text representation of IPv6 address prefixes is similar to the
229 way IPv4 address prefixes are written in Classless Inter-Domain
230 Routing (CIDR) notation [RFC4632]. An IPv6 address prefix is
231 represented by the notation:
233 ipv6-address/prefix-length
235 where
237 ipv6-address is an IPv6 address in any of the notations listed in
238 Section 2.2.
240 prefix-length is a decimal value specifying how many of the leftmost
241 contiguous bits of the address comprise the prefix.
243 For example, the following are legal representations of the 60-bit
244 prefix 20010db80000cd3 (hexadecimal):
246 2001:0db8:0000:cd30:0000:0000:0000:0000/60
248 2001:0db8::cd30:0:0:0:0/60
250 2001:0db8:0:cd30::/60
252 The following are NOT legal representations of the above prefix:
254 2001:0db8:0:cd3/60 may drop leading zeros, but not trailing
255 zeros, within any 16-bit chunk of the address
257 2001:0db8::cd30/60 address to left of "/" expands to
258 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:cd30
260 2001:0db8::cd3/60 address to left of "/" expands to
261 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0cd3
263 When writing both a node address and a prefix of that node address
264 (e.g., the node's subnet prefix), the two can be combined as follows:
266 the node address 2001:0db8:0:cd30:123:4567:89ab:cdef
267 and its subnet number 2001:0db8:0:cd30::/60
269 can be abbreviated as 2001:0db8:0:cd30:123:4567:89ab:cdef/60
271 2.2.3. Recommendation for outputting IPv6 addresses
273 This section provides a recommendation for systems generating and
274 outputting IPv6 addresses as text. Note, all implementations must
275 accept and process all addresses in the formats defined in the
276 previous two sections of this document. The recommendations are as
277 follows:
279 1. The hexadecimal digits "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", and "f" in an IPv6
280 address must be represented in lowercase.
282 2. Leading zeros in a 16-Bit Field must be suppressed. For example,
284 2001:0db8::0001
286 is not correct and must be represented as
288 2001:db8::1
290 3. A single 16-bit 0000 field must be represented as 0.
292 The use of the symbol "::" must be used to its maximum capability.
293 For example:
295 2001:db8:0:0:0:0:2:1
297 must be shortened to
299 2001:db8::2:1
301 Likewise,
303 2001:db8::0:1
305 is not correct, because the symbol "::" could have been used to
306 produce a shorter representation
307 2001:db8::1.
309 4. When there is an alternative choice in the placement of a "::",
310 the longest run of consecutive 16-bit 0 fields must be shortened,
311 that is, in
313 2001:0:0:1:0:0:0:1
315 the sequence with three consecutive zero fields is shortened to
317 2001:0:0:1::1
319 5. When the length of the consecutive 16-bit 0 fields are equal, for
320 example
322 2001:db8:0:0:1:0:0:1
324 the first sequence of zero bits must be shortened. For example
326 2001:db8::1:0:0:1
328 is the correct representation.
330 6. The symbol "::" must not be used to shorten just one 16-bit 0
331 field. For example, the representation
333 2001:db8:0:1:1:1:1:1
335 is correct, but
337 2001:db8::1:1:1:1:1
339 is not correct.
341 7. The text representation method describe in this section should
342 also be use for text Representation of IPv6 Address Prefixes. For
343 example
345 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:192.0.2.1
347 should be shown as
349 ::ffff:192.0.2.1
351 8. The text representation method describe in this section should be
352 applied for IPv6 addresses with embedded IPv4 address. For
353 example
355 2001:0db8:0000:cd30:0000:0000:0000:0000/60
357 should be shown as
359 2001:0db8:0:cd30::/60
361 2.3. Address Type Identification
363 The type of an IPv6 address is identified by the high-order bits of
364 the address, as follows:
366 Address type Binary prefix IPv6 notation Section
367 ------------ ------------- ------------- -------
368 Unspecified 00...0 (128 bits) ::/128 2.5.2
369 Loopback 00...1 (128 bits) ::1/128 2.5.3
370 Multicast 11111111 ff00::/8 2.7
371 Link-Local unicast 1111111010 fe80::/10 2.5.6
372 Global Unicast (everything else)
374 Anycast addresses are taken from the unicast address spaces (of any
375 scope) and are not syntactically distinguishable from unicast
376 addresses.
378 The general format of Global Unicast addresses is described in
379 Section 2.5.4. Some special-purpose subtypes of Global Unicast
380 addresses that contain embedded IPv4 addresses (for the purposes of
381 IPv4-IPv6 interoperation) are described in Section 2.5.5.
383 Future specifications may redefine one or more sub-ranges of the
384 Global Unicast space for other purposes, but unless and until that
385 happens, implementations must treat all addresses that do not start
386 with any of the above-listed prefixes as Global Unicast addresses.
388 The current assigned IPv6 prefixes and references to their usage can
389 be found in the IANA Internet Protocol Version 6 Address Space
390 registry [IANA-AD] and the IANA IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registry
391 [IANA-SP].
393 2.4. Unicast Addresses
395 IPv6 unicast addresses are aggregatable with prefixes of arbitrary
396 bit-length, similar to IPv4 addresses under Classless Inter-Domain
397 Routing.
399 There are several types of unicast addresses in IPv6, in particular,
400 Global Unicast, site-local unicast (deprecated, see Section 2.5.7),
401 and Link-Local unicast. There are also some special-purpose subtypes
402 of Global Unicast, such as IPv6 addresses with embedded IPv4
403 addresses. Additional address types or subtypes can be defined in
404 the future.
406 IPv6 nodes may have considerable or little knowledge of the internal
407 structure of the IPv6 address, depending on the role the node plays
408 (for instance, host versus router). At a minimum, a node may
409 consider that unicast addresses (including its own) have no internal
410 structure:
412 | 128 bits |
413 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
414 | node address |
415 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
417 A slightly sophisticated host (but still rather simple) may
418 additionally be aware of subnet prefix(es) for the link(s) it is
419 attached to, where different addresses may have different values for
420 n:
422 | n bits | 128-n bits |
423 +-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
424 | subnet prefix | interface ID |
425 +-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
426 Though a very simple router may have no knowledge of the internal
427 structure of IPv6 unicast addresses, routers will more generally have
428 knowledge of one or more of the hierarchical boundaries for the
429 operation of routing protocols. The known boundaries will differ
430 from router to router, depending on what positions the router holds
431 in the routing hierarchy.
433 Except for the knowledge of the subnet boundary discussed in the
434 previous paragraphs, nodes should not make any assumptions about the
435 structure of an IPv6 address.
437 2.4.1. Interface Identifiers
439 Interface identifiers in IPv6 unicast addresses are used to identify
440 interfaces on a link. They are required to be unique within a subnet
441 prefix. It is recommended that the same interface identifier not be
442 assigned to different nodes on a link. They may also be unique over
443 a broader scope. The same interface identifier may be used on
444 multiple interfaces on a single node, as long as they are attached to
445 different subnets.
447 Interface IDs must be viewed outside of the node that created
448 Interface ID as an opaque bit string without any internal structure.
450 Note that the uniqueness of interface identifiers is independent of
451 the uniqueness of IPv6 addresses. For example, a Global Unicast
452 address may be created with an interface identifier that is only
453 unique on a single subnet, and a Link-Local address may be created
454 with interface identifier that is unique over multiple subnets.
456 For all unicast addresses, except those that start with the binary
457 value 000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long.
459 The details of forming interface identifiers are defined in other
460 specifications, such as "Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address
461 Autoconfiguration in IPv6" [RFC4941] and "Recommendation on Stable
462 IPv6 Interface Identifiers" [I-D.ietf-6man-default-iids]. Specific
463 cases are described in appropriate "IPv6 over " specifications,
464 such as "IPv6 over Ethernet" [RFC2464] and "Transmission of IPv6
465 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks" [RFC7428].
467 Earlier versions of this document described a method of forming
468 interface identifiers derived from IEEE MAC-layer addresses call
469 Modified EUI-64 format. These are described in Appendix A and are no
470 longer recommended.
472 2.4.2. The Unspecified Address
474 The address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 is called the unspecified address. It
475 must never be assigned to any node. It indicates the absence of an
476 address. One example of its use is in the Source Address field of
477 any IPv6 packets sent by an initializing host before it has learned
478 its own address.
480 The unspecified address must not be used as the destination address
481 of IPv6 packets or in IPv6 Routing headers. An IPv6 packet with a
482 source address of unspecified must never be forwarded by an IPv6
483 router.
485 2.4.3. The Loopback Address
487 The unicast address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 is called the loopback address.
488 It may be used by a node to send an IPv6 packet to itself. It must
489 not be assigned to any physical interface. It is treated as having
490 Link-Local scope, and may be thought of as the Link-Local unicast
491 address of a virtual interface (typically called the "loopback
492 interface") to an imaginary link that goes nowhere.
494 The loopback address must not be used as the source address in IPv6
495 packets that are sent outside of a single node. An IPv6 packet with
496 a destination address of loopback must never be sent outside of a
497 single node and must never be forwarded by an IPv6 router. A packet
498 received on an interface with a destination address of loopback must
499 be dropped.
501 2.4.4. Global Unicast Addresses
503 The general format for IPv6 Global Unicast addresses is as follows:
505 | n bits | m bits | 128-n-m bits |
506 +------------------------+-----------+----------------------------+
507 | global routing prefix | subnet ID | interface ID |
508 +------------------------+-----------+----------------------------+
510 where the global routing prefix is a (typically hierarchically-
511 structured) value assigned to a site (a cluster of subnets/links),
512 the subnet ID is an identifier of a link within the site, and the
513 interface ID is as defined in Section 2.5.1.
515 All Global Unicast addresses other than those that start with binary
516 000 have a 64-bit interface ID field (i.e., n + m = 64), formatted as
517 described in Section 2.5.1. Global Unicast addresses that start with
518 binary 000 have no such constraint on the size or structure of the
519 interface ID field.
521 Examples of Global Unicast addresses that start with binary 000 are
522 the IPv6 address with embedded IPv4 addresses described in
523 Section 2.5.5. An example of global addresses starting with a binary
524 value other than 000 (and therefore having a 64-bit interface ID
525 field) can be found in [RFC3587].
527 2.4.5. IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses
529 Two types of IPv6 addresses are defined that carry an IPv4 address in
530 the low-order 32 bits of the address. These are the "IPv4-Compatible
531 IPv6 address" and the "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address".
533 2.4.5.1. IPv4-Compatible IPv6 Address
535 The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" was defined to assist in the IPv6
536 transition. The format of the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is as
537 follows:
539 | 80 bits | 16 | 32 bits |
540 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
541 |0000..............................0000|0000| IPv4 address |
542 +--------------------------------------+----+---------------------+
544 Note: The IPv4 address used in the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address"
545 must be a globally-unique IPv4 unicast address.
547 The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is now deprecated because the
548 current IPv6 transition mechanisms no longer use these addresses.
549 New or updated implementations are not required to support this
550 address type.
552 2.4.5.2. IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address
554 A second type of IPv6 address that holds an embedded IPv4 address is
555 defined. This address type is used to represent the addresses of
556 IPv4 nodes as IPv6 addresses. The format of the "IPv4-mapped IPv6
557 address" is as follows:
559 | 80 bits | 16 | 32 bits |
560 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
561 |0000..............................0000|ffff| IPv4 address |
562 +--------------------------------------+----+---------------------+
564 See [RFC4038] for background on the usage of the "IPv4-mapped IPv6
565 address".
567 2.4.6. Link-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
569 Link-Local addresses are for use on a single link. Link-Local
570 addresses have the following format:
572 | 10 |
573 | bits | 54 bits | 64 bits |
574 +----------+-------------------------+----------------------------+
575 |1111111010| 0 | interface ID |
576 +----------+-------------------------+----------------------------+
578 Link-Local addresses are designed to be used for addressing on a
579 single link for purposes such as automatic address configuration,
580 neighbor discovery, or when no routers are present.
582 Routers must not forward any packets with Link-Local source or
583 destination addresses to other links.
585 2.4.7. Site-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
587 Site-Local addresses were originally designed to be used for
588 addressing inside of a site without the need for a global prefix.
589 Site-local addresses are now deprecated as defined in [RFC3879].
591 Site-Local addresses have the following format:
593 | 10 |
594 | bits | 54 bits | 64 bits |
595 +----------+-------------------------+----------------------------+
596 |1111111011| subnet ID | interface ID |
597 +----------+-------------------------+----------------------------+
599 The special behavior of this prefix defined in [RFC3513] must no
600 longer be supported in new implementations (i.e., new implementations
601 must treat this prefix as Global Unicast).
603 Existing implementations and deployments may continue to use this
604 prefix.
606 2.5. Anycast Addresses
608 An IPv6 anycast address is an address that is assigned to more than
609 one interface (typically belonging to different nodes), with the
610 property that a packet sent to an anycast address is routed to the
611 "nearest" interface having that address, according to the routing
612 protocols' measure of distance.
614 Anycast addresses are allocated from the unicast address space, using
615 any of the defined unicast address formats. Thus, anycast addresses
616 are syntactically indistinguishable from unicast addresses. When a
617 unicast address is assigned to more than one interface, thus turning
618 it into an anycast address, the nodes to which the address is
619 assigned must be explicitly configured to know that it is an anycast
620 address.
622 For any assigned anycast address, there is a longest prefix P of that
623 address that identifies the topological region in which all
624 interfaces belonging to that anycast address reside. Within the
625 region identified by P, the anycast address must be maintained as a
626 separate entry in the routing system (commonly referred to as a "host
627 route"); outside the region identified by P, the anycast address may
628 be aggregated into the routing entry for prefix P.
630 Note that in the worst case, the prefix P of an anycast set may be
631 the null prefix, i.e., the members of the set may have no topological
632 locality. In that case, the anycast address must be maintained as a
633 separate routing entry throughout the entire Internet, which presents
634 a severe scaling limit on how many such "global" anycast sets may be
635 supported. Therefore, it is expected that support for global anycast
636 sets may be unavailable or very restricted.
638 One expected use of anycast addresses is to identify the set of
639 routers belonging to an organization providing Internet service.
640 Such addresses could be used as intermediate addresses in an IPv6
641 Routing header, to cause a packet to be delivered via a particular
642 service provider or sequence of service providers.
644 Some other possible uses are to identify the set of routers attached
645 to a particular subnet, or the set of routers providing entry into a
646 particular routing domain.
648 2.5.1. Required Anycast Address
650 The Subnet-Router anycast address is predefined. Its format is as
651 follows:
653 | n bits | 128-n bits |
654 +------------------------------------------------+----------------+
655 | subnet prefix | 00000000000000 |
656 +------------------------------------------------+----------------+
658 The "subnet prefix" in an anycast address is the prefix that
659 identifies a specific link. This anycast address is syntactically
660 the same as a unicast address for an interface on the link with the
661 interface identifier set to zero.
663 Packets sent to the Subnet-Router anycast address will be delivered
664 to one router on the subnet. All routers are required to support the
665 Subnet-Router anycast addresses for the subnets to which they have
666 interfaces.
668 The Subnet-Router anycast address is intended to be used for
669 applications where a node needs to communicate with any one of the
670 set of routers.
672 2.6. Multicast Addresses
674 An IPv6 multicast address is an identifier for a group of interfaces
675 (typically on different nodes). An interface may belong to any
676 number of multicast groups. Multicast addresses have the following
677 format:
679 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 112 bits |
680 +------ -+----+----+---------------------------------------------+
681 |11111111|ff1 |scop| group ID |
682 +--------+----+----+---------------------------------------------+
684 binary 11111111 at the start of the address identifies the address
685 as being a multicast address.
687 +-+-+-+-+
688 ff1 is a set of 4 flags: |X|R|P|T|
689 +-+-+-+-+
691 The high-order flag is reserved, and must be initialized to 0.
693 T = 0 indicates a permanently-assigned ("well-known") multicast
694 address, assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
695 (IANA).
697 T = 1 indicates a non-permanently-assigned ("transient" or
698 "dynamically" assigned) multicast address.
700 The P flag's definition and usage can be found in [RFC3306] as
701 updated by [RFC7371].
703 The R flag's definition and usage can be found in [RFC3956] as
704 updated by [RFC7371].
706 The X flag's definition and usage can be found in [RFC3956] as
707 updated by [RFC7371].
709 scop is a 4-bit multicast scope value used to limit the scope of
710 the multicast group. The values are as follows:
712 0 reserved
713 1 Interface-Local scope
714 2 Link-Local scope
715 3 Realm-Local scope
716 4 Admin-Local scope
717 5 Site-Local scope
718 6 (unassigned)
719 7 (unassigned)
720 8 Organization-Local scope
721 9 (unassigned)
722 A (unassigned)
723 B (unassigned)
724 C (unassigned)
725 D (unassigned)
726 E Global scope
727 F reserved
729 Interface-Local scope spans only a single interface on a node
730 and is useful only for loopback transmission of multicast.
731 Packets with interface-local scope received from another node
732 must be discarded.
734 Link-Local multicast scope spans the same topological region as
735 the corresponding unicast scope.
737 Interface-Local, Link-Local, and Realm-Local scope boundaries
738 are automatically derived from physical connectivity or other
739 non-multicast-related configurations. Global scope has no
740 boundary. The boundaries of all other non-reserved scopes of
741 Admin-Local or larger are administratively configured. For
742 reserved scopes, the way of configuring their boundaries will
743 be defined when the semantics of the scope are defined.
745 According to [RFC4007], the zone of a Realm-Local scope must
746 fall within zones of larger scope. Because the zone of a
747 Realm-Local scope is configured automatically while the zones
748 of larger scopes are configured manually, care must be taken in
749 the definition of those larger scopes to ensure that the
750 inclusion constraint is met.
752 Realm-Local scopes created by different network technologies
753 are considered to be independent and will have different zone
754 indices (see Section 6 of [RFC4007]). A router with interfaces
755 on links using different network technologies does not forward
756 traffic between the Realm-Local multicast scopes defined by
757 those technologies.
759 Site-Local scope is intended to span a single site.
761 Organization-Local scope is intended to span multiple sites
762 belonging to a single organization.
764 scopes labeled "(unassigned)" are available for administrators
765 to define additional multicast regions.
767 group ID identifies the multicast group, either permanent or
768 transient, within the given scope. Additional definitions of the
769 multicast group ID field structure are provided in [RFC3306].
771 The "meaning" of a permanently-assigned multicast address is
772 independent of the scope value. For example, if the "NTP servers
773 group" is assigned a permanent multicast address with a group ID of
774 101 (hex), then
776 ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 means all NTP servers on the same interface
777 (i.e., the same node) as the sender.
779 ff02:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 means all NTP servers on the same link as the
780 sender.
782 ff05:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 means all NTP servers in the same site as the
783 sender.
785 ff0e:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 means all NTP servers in the Internet.
787 Non-permanently-assigned multicast addresses are meaningful only
788 within a given scope. For example, a group identified by the non-
789 permanent, site-local multicast address ff15:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 at one
790 site bears no relationship to a group using the same address at a
791 different site, nor to a non-permanent group using the same group ID
792 with a different scope, nor to a permanent group with the same group
793 ID.
795 Multicast addresses must not be used as source addresses in IPv6
796 packets or appear in any Routing header.
798 Routers must not forward any multicast packets beyond the scope
799 indicated by the scop field in the destination multicast address.
801 Nodes must not originate a packet to a multicast address whose scop
802 field contains the reserved value 0; if such a packet is received, it
803 must be silently dropped. Nodes should not originate a packet to a
804 multicast address whose scop field contains the reserved value F; if
805 such a packet is sent or received, it must be treated the same as
806 packets destined to a global (scop E) multicast address.
808 2.6.1. Pre-Defined Multicast Addresses
810 The following well-known multicast addresses are pre-defined. The
811 group IDs defined in this section are defined for explicit scope
812 values.
814 Use of these group IDs for any other scope values, with the T flag
815 equal to 0, is not allowed.
817 reserved multicast addresses: ff00:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
818 ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
819 ff02:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
820 ff03:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
821 ff04:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
822 ff05:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
823 ff06:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
824 ff07:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
825 ff08:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
826 ff09:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
827 ff0a:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
828 ff0b:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
829 ff0c:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
830 ff0d:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
831 ff0e:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
832 ff0f:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
834 The above multicast addresses are reserved and shall never be
835 assigned to any multicast group.
837 all nodes addresses: ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
838 ff02:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
840 The above multicast addresses identify the group of all IPv6 nodes,
841 within scope 1 (interface-local) or 2 (link-local).
843 all routers addresses: ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:2
844 ff02:0:0:0:0:0:0:2
845 ff05:0:0:0:0:0:0:2
847 The above multicast addresses identify the group of all IPv6 routers,
848 within scope 1 (interface-local), 2 (link-local), or 5 (site-local).
850 Solicited-Node Address: ff02:0:0:0:0:1:ffxx:xxxx
852 Solicited-Node multicast address are computed as a function of a
853 node's unicast and anycast addresses. A Solicited-Node multicast
854 address is formed by taking the low-order 24 bits of an address
855 (unicast or anycast) and appending those bits to the prefix
856 FF02:0:0:0:0:1:FF00::/104 resulting in a multicast address in the
857 range
859 ff02:0:0:0:0:1:ff00:0000
861 to
863 ff02:0:0:0:0:1:ffff:ffff
865 For example, the Solicited-Node multicast address corresponding to
866 the IPv6 address 4037::01:800:200e:8c6c is ff02::1:ff0e:8c6c. IPv6
867 addresses that differ only in the high-order bits (e.g., due to
868 multiple high-order prefixes associated with different aggregations)
869 will map to the same Solicited-Node address, thereby reducing the
870 number of multicast addresses a node must join.
872 A node is required to compute and join (on the appropriate interface)
873 the associated Solicited-Node multicast addresses for all unicast and
874 anycast addresses that have been configured for the node's interfaces
875 (manually or automatically).
877 2.7. A Node's Required Addresses
879 A host is required to recognize the following addresses as
880 identifying itself:
882 o Its required Link-Local address for each interface.
884 o Any additional Unicast and Anycast addresses that have been
885 configured for the node's interfaces (manually or
886 automatically).
888 o The loopback address.
890 o The All-Nodes multicast addresses defined in Section 2.7.1.
892 o The Solicited-Node multicast address for each of its unicast
893 and anycast addresses.
895 o Multicast addresses of all other groups to which the node
896 belongs.
898 A router is required to recognize all addresses that a host is
899 required to recognize, plus the following addresses as identifying
900 itself:
902 o The Subnet-Router Anycast addresses for all interfaces for
903 which it is configured to act as a router.
905 o All other Anycast addresses with which the router has been
906 configured.
908 o The All-Routers multicast addresses defined in Section 2.7.1.
910 3. IANA Considerations
912 The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is deprecated by this document.
913 The IANA should continue to list the address block containing these
914 addresses at http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-address-space as
915 "Reserved by IETF" and not reassign it for any other purpose. For
916 example:
918 0000::/8 Reserved by IETF [RFC3513] [1]
920 The IANA has added the following note and link to this address block.
922 [5] 0000::/96 was previously defined as the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6
923 address" prefix. This definition has been deprecated by
924 [RFC4291].
926 The IANA has updated the references for the IPv6 Address Architecture
927 in the IANA registries accordingly.
929 4. Security Considerations
931 IPv6 addressing documents do not have any direct impact on Internet
932 infrastructure security. Authentication of IPv6 packets is defined
933 in [RFC4302].
935 5. Acknowledgments
937 The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of Paul
938 Francis, Scott Bradner, Jim Bound, Brian Carpenter, Matt Crawford,
939 Deborah Estrin, Roger Fajman, Bob Fink, Peter Ford, Bob Gilligan,
940 Dimitry Haskin, Tom Harsch, Christian Huitema, Tony Li, Greg
941 Minshall, Thomas Narten, Erik Nordmark, Yakov Rekhter, Bill Simpson,
942 Sue Thomson, Markku Savela, Larry Masinter, Jun-ichiro Itojun Hagino,
943 Tatuya Jinmei, Suresh Krishnan, and Mahmood Ali.
945 The authors would also like to acknowledge the authors of the
946 updating RFCs that were incorporated in this version of the document
947 to move IPv6 to Internet Standard. This includes Marcelo Bagnulo,
948 Congxiao Bao, Mohamed Boucadair, Brian Carpenter, Ralph Droms,
949 Christian Huitema, Sheng Jiang, Seiichi Kawamura, Masanobu Kawashima,
950 Xing Li, and Stig Venaas.
952 6. References
954 6.1. Normative References
956 [I-D.ietf-6man-rfc2460bis]
957 Deering, S. and B. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
958 (IPv6) Specification", draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-02 (work
959 in progress), December 2015.
961 6.2. Informative References
963 [EUI64] "IEEE, "Guidelines for 64-bit Global Identifier (EUI-64)
964 Registration Authority"", March 1997,
965 .
968 [I-D.ietf-6man-default-iids]
969 Gont, F., Cooper, A., Thaler, D., and S. LIU,
970 "Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers",
971 draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-08 (work in progress),
972 October 2015.
974 [IANA-AD] "Internet Protocol Version 6 Address Space",
975 .
978 [IANA-SP] "IANA IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registry",
979 .
982 [RFC2464] Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
983 Networks", RFC 2464, DOI 10.17487/RFC2464, December 1998,
984 .
986 [RFC3306] Haberman, B. and D. Thaler, "Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6
987 Multicast Addresses", RFC 3306, DOI 10.17487/RFC3306,
988 August 2002, .
990 [RFC3513] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "Internet Protocol Version 6
991 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture", RFC 3513, DOI 10.17487/
992 RFC3513, April 2003,
993 .
995 [RFC3587] Hinden, R., Deering, S., and E. Nordmark, "IPv6 Global
996 Unicast Address Format", RFC 3587, DOI 10.17487/RFC3587,
997 August 2003, .
999 [RFC3879] Huitema, C. and B. Carpenter, "Deprecating Site Local
1000 Addresses", RFC 3879, DOI 10.17487/RFC3879, September
1001 2004, .
1003 [RFC3956] Savola, P. and B. Haberman, "Embedding the Rendezvous
1004 Point (RP) Address in an IPv6 Multicast Address", RFC
1005 3956, DOI 10.17487/RFC3956, November 2004,
1006 .
1008 [RFC4007] Deering, S., Haberman, B., Jinmei, T., Nordmark, E., and
1009 B. Zill, "IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture", RFC 4007, DOI
1010 10.17487/RFC4007, March 2005,
1011 .
1013 [RFC4038] Shin, M-K., Ed., Hong, Y-G., Hagino, J., Savola, P., and
1014 E. Castro, "Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition", RFC
1015 4038, DOI 10.17487/RFC4038, March 2005,
1016 .
1018 [RFC4291] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
1019 Architecture", RFC 4291, DOI 10.17487/RFC4291, February
1020 2006, .
1022 [RFC4302] Kent, S., "IP Authentication Header", RFC 4302, DOI
1023 10.17487/RFC4302, December 2005,
1024 .
1026 [RFC4632] Fuller, V. and T. Li, "Classless Inter-domain Routing
1027 (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation
1028 Plan", BCP 122, RFC 4632, DOI 10.17487/RFC4632, August
1029 2006, .
1031 [RFC4941] Narten, T., Draves, R., and S. Krishnan, "Privacy
1032 Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in
1033 IPv6", RFC 4941, DOI 10.17487/RFC4941, September 2007,
1034 .
1036 [RFC7371] Boucadair, M. and S. Venaas, "Updates to the IPv6
1037 Multicast Addressing Architecture", RFC 7371, DOI
1038 10.17487/RFC7371, September 2014,
1039 .
1041 [RFC7428] Brandt, A. and J. Buron, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets
1042 over ITU-T G.9959 Networks", RFC 7428, DOI 10.17487/
1043 RFC7428, February 2015,
1044 .
1046 Appendix A. Modified EUI-64 Format Interface Identifiers
1048 Modified EUI-64 format-based interface identifiers may have universal
1049 scope when derived from a universal token (e.g., IEEE 802 48-bit MAC
1050 or IEEE EUI-64 identifiers [EUI64]) or may have local scope where a
1051 global token is not being used (e.g., serial links, tunnel end-
1052 points) or where global tokens are undesirable (e.g., temporary
1053 tokens for privacy [RFC4941].
1055 Modified EUI-64 format interface identifiers are formed by inverting
1056 the "u" bit (universal/local bit in IEEE EUI-64 terminology) when
1057 forming the interface identifier from IEEE EUI-64 identifiers. In
1058 the resulting Modified EUI-64 format, the "u" bit is set to one (1)
1059 to indicate universal scope, and it is set to zero (0) to indicate
1060 local scope. The first three octets in binary of an IEEE EUI-64
1061 identifier are as follows:
1063 0 0 0 1 1 2
1064 |0 7 8 5 6 3|
1065 +----+----+----+----+----+----+
1066 |cccc|ccug|cccc|cccc|cccc|cccc|
1067 +----+----+----+----+----+----+
1069 written in Internet standard bit-order, where "u" is the universal/
1070 local bit, "g" is the individual/group bit, and "c" is the bits of
1071 the company_id. Appendix A, "Creating Modified EUI-64 Format
1072 Interface Identifiers", provides examples on the creation of Modified
1073 EUI-64 format-based interface identifiers.
1075 The motivation for inverting the "u" bit when forming an interface
1076 identifier is to make it easy for system administrators to hand
1077 configure non-global identifiers when hardware tokens are not
1078 available. This is expected to be the case for serial links and
1079 tunnel end-points, for example. The alternative would have been for
1080 these to be of the form 0200:0:0:1, 0200:0:0:2, etc., instead of the
1081 much simpler 0:0:0:1, 0:0:0:2, etc.
1083 IPv6 nodes are not required to validate that interface identifiers
1084 created with modified EUI-64 tokens with the "u" bit set to universal
1085 are unique.
1087 A.1. Creating Modified EUI-64 Format Interface Identifiers
1089 Depending on the characteristics of a specific link or node, there
1090 are a number of approaches for creating Modified EUI-64 format
1091 interface identifiers. This appendix describes some of these
1092 approaches.
1094 Links or Nodes with IEEE EUI-64 Identifiers
1096 The only change needed to transform an IEEE EUI-64 identifier to an
1097 interface identifier is to invert the "u" (universal/local) bit. An
1098 example is a globally unique IEEE EUI-64 identifier of the form:
1100 |0 1|1 3|3 4|4 6|
1101 |0 5|6 1|2 7|8 3|
1102 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1103 |cccccc0gcccccccc|ccccccccmmmmmmmm|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|
1104 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1106 where "c" is the bits of the assigned company_id, "0" is the value of
1107 the universal/local bit to indicate universal scope, "g" is
1108 individual/group bit, and "m" is the bits of the manufacturer-
1109 selected extension identifier. The IPv6 interface identifier would
1110 be of the form:
1112 |0 1|1 3|3 4|4 6|
1113 |0 5|6 1|2 7|8 3|
1114 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1115 |cccccc1gcccccccc|ccccccccmmmmmmmm|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|
1116 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1118 The only change is inverting the value of the universal/local bit.
1120 Links or Nodes with IEEE 802 48-bit MACs
1122 [EUI64] defines a method to create an IEEE EUI-64 identifier from an
1123 IEEE 48-bit MAC identifier. This is to insert two octets, with
1124 hexadecimal values of 0xFF and 0xFE (see the Note at the end of
1125 appendix), in the middle of the 48-bit MAC (between the company_id
1126 and vendor-supplied id). An example is the 48-bit IEEE MAC with
1127 Global scope:
1129 |0 1|1 3|3 4|
1130 |0 5|6 1|2 7|
1131 +----------------+----------------+----------------+
1132 |cccccc0gcccccccc|ccccccccmmmmmmmm|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|
1133 +----------------+----------------+----------------+
1135 where "c" is the bits of the assigned company_id, "0" is the value of
1136 the universal/local bit to indicate Global scope, "g" is individual/
1137 group bit, and "m" is the bits of the manufacturer- selected
1138 extension identifier. The interface identifier would be of the form:
1140 |0 1|1 3|3 4|4 6|
1141 |0 5|6 1|2 7|8 3|
1142 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1143 |cccccc1gcccccccc|cccccccc11111111|11111110mmmmmmmm|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|
1144 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1146 When IEEE 802 48-bit MAC addresses are available (on an interface or
1147 a node), an implementation may use them to create interface
1148 identifiers due to their availability and uniqueness properties.
1150 Links with Other Kinds of Identifiers
1152 There are a number of types of links that have link-layer interface
1153 identifiers other than IEEE EUI-64 or IEEE 802 48-bit MACs. Examples
1154 include LocalTalk and Arcnet. The method to create a Modified EUI-64
1155 format identifier is to take the link identifier (e.g., the LocalTalk
1156 8-bit node identifier) and zero fill it to the left. For example, a
1157 LocalTalk 8-bit node identifier of hexadecimal value 0x4F results in
1158 the following interface identifier:
1160 |0 1|1 3|3 4|4 6|
1161 |0 5|6 1|2 7|8 3|
1162 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1163 |0000000000000000|0000000000000000|0000000000000000|0000000001001111|
1164 +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
1166 Note that this results in the universal/local bit set to "0" to
1167 indicate local scope.
1169 Links without Identifiers
1171 There are a number of links that do not have any type of built-in
1172 identifier. The most common of these are serial links and configured
1173 tunnels. Interface identifiers that are unique within a subnet
1174 prefix must be chosen.
1176 When no built-in identifier is available on a link, the preferred
1177 approach is to use a universal interface identifier from another
1178 interface or one that is assigned to the node itself. When using
1179 this approach, no other interface connecting the same node to the
1180 same subnet prefix may use the same identifier.
1182 If there is no universal interface identifier available for use on
1183 the link, the implementation needs to create a local-scope interface
1184 identifier. The only requirement is that it be unique within a
1185 subnet prefix. There are many possible approaches to select a
1186 subnet-prefix-unique interface identifier. These include the
1187 following:
1189 Manual Configuration
1190 Node Serial Number
1191 Other Node-Specific Token
1193 The subnet-prefix-unique interface identifier should be generated in
1194 a manner such that it does not change after a reboot of a node or if
1195 interfaces are added or deleted from the node.
1197 The selection of the appropriate algorithm is link and implementation
1198 dependent. The details on forming interface identifiers are defined
1199 in the appropriate "IPv6 over " specification. It is strongly
1200 recommended that a collision detection algorithm be implemented as
1201 part of any automatic algorithm.
1203 Note: [EUI64] actually defines 0xFF and 0xFF as the bits to be
1204 inserted to create an IEEE EUI-64 identifier from an IEEE MAC-
1205 48 identifier. The 0xFF and 0xFE values are used when
1206 starting with an IEEE EUI-48 identifier. The incorrect value
1207 was used in earlier versions of the specification due to a
1208 misunderstanding about the differences between IEEE MAC-48 and
1209 EUI-48 identifiers.
1211 This document purposely continues the use of 0xFF and 0xFE
1212 because it meets the requirements for IPv6 interface
1213 identifiers (i.e., that they must be unique on the link), IEEE
1214 EUI-48 and MAC-48 identifiers are syntactically equivalent,
1215 and that it doesn't cause any problems in practice.
1217 Appendix B. CHANGES SINCE RFC 4291
1219 This document has the following changes from RFC4291, "IP Version 6
1220 Addressing Architecture". Numbers identify the Internet-Draft
1221 version that the change was made.:
1223 Working Group Internet Drafts
1225 01) Revised Section 2.4.1 on Interface Identifiers to reflect
1226 current approach, this included saying Modified EUI-64
1227 identifiers not recommended and moved the text describing the
1228 format to Appendix A.
1230 01) Editorial changes.
1232 00) Working Group Draft.
1234 00) Editorial changes.
1236 Individual Internet Drafts
1238 06) Incorporate the updates made by RFC7371. The changes were to
1239 the flag bits and their definitions in Section 2.6.
1241 05) Incorporate the updates made by RFC7346. The change was to
1242 add Realm-Local scope to the multicast scope table in
1243 Section 2.6, and add the updating text to the same section.
1245 04) Incorporate the updates made by RFC6052. The change was to
1246 add a text in Section 2.3 that points to the IANA registries
1247 that records the prefix defined in RFC6052 and a number of
1248 other special use prefixes.
1250 03) Incorporate the updates made by RFC7136 to deprecate the U
1251 and G bits in Modified EUI-64 format Internet IDs.
1253 03) Add note to the reference section acknowledging the authors
1254 of the updating documents.
1256 03) Editorial changes.
1258 02) Updates to resolve the open Errata on RFC4291. These are:
1260 Errata ID: 3480: Corrects the definition of Interface-
1261 Local multicast scope to also state that packets with
1262 interface-local scope received from another node must be
1263 discarded.
1265 Errata ID: 1627: Remove extraneous "of" in Section 2.7.
1267 Errata ID: 2702: This errata is marked rejected. No
1268 change is required.
1270 Errata ID: 2735: This errata is marked rejected. No
1271 change is required.
1273 Errata ID: 4406: This errata is marked rejected. No
1274 change is required.
1276 Errata ID: 2406: This errata is marked rejected. No
1277 change is required.
1279 Errata ID: 863: This errata is marked rejected. No change
1280 is required.
1282 Errata ID: 864: This errata is marked rejected. No change
1283 is required.
1285 Errata ID: 866: This errata is marked rejected. No change
1286 is required.
1288 02) Update references to current versions.
1290 02) Editorial changes.
1292 01) Incorporate the updates made by RFC5952 regarding the text
1293 format when outputting IPv6 addresses. A new section was
1294 added for this and addresses shown in this document were
1295 changed to lower case.
1297 01) Revise this Section to document to show the changes from
1298 RFC4291.
1300 01) Editorial changes.
1302 00) Establish a baseline from RFC4291. The only intended changes
1303 are formatting (XML is slightly different from .nroff),
1304 differences between an RFC and Internet Draft, fixing a few
1305 ID Nits, and updates to the authors information. There
1306 should not be any content changes to the specification.
1308 Authors' Addresses
1310 Robert M. Hinden
1311 Check Point Software
1312 959 Skyway Road
1313 San Carlos, CA 94070
1314 USA
1316 Email: bob.hinden@gmail.com
1318 Stephen E. Deering
1319 Retired
1320 Vancouver, British Columbia
1321 Canada