RFC 2461:Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6...
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Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)


1. INTRODUCTION
2. TERMINOLOGY
2.1. General
2.2. Link Types
2.3. Addresses
2.4. Requirements
3. PROTOCOL OVERVIEW
3.1. Comparison with IPv4
3.2. Supported Link Types
4. MESSAGE FORMATS
4.1. Router Solicitation Message Format
4.2. Router Advertisement Message Format
4.3. Neighbor Solicitation Message Format
4.4. Neighbor Advertisement Message Format
4.5. Redirect Message Format
4.6. Option Formats
4.6.1. Source/Target Link-layer Address
4.6.2. Prefix Information
4.6.3. Redirected Header
4.6.4. MTU
5. CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF A HOST
5.1. Conceptual Data Structures
5.2. Conceptual Sending Algorithm
5.3. Garbage Collection and Timeout Requirements
6. ROUTER AND PREFIX DISCOVERY
6.1. Message Validation
6.1.1. Validation of Router Solicitation Messages
6.1.2. Validation of Router Advertisement Messages
6.2. Router Specification
6.2.1. Router Configuration Variables
6.2.2. Becoming An Advertising Interface
6.2.3. Router Advertisement Message Content
6.2.4. Sending Unsolicited Router Advertisements
6.2.5. Ceasing To Be An Advertising Interface
6.2.6. Processing Router Solicitations
6.2.7. Router Advertisement Consistency
6.2.8. Link-local Address Change
6.3. Host Specification
6.3.1. Host Configuration Variables
6.3.2. Host Variables
6.3.3. Interface Initialization
6.3.4. Processing Received Router Advertisements
6.3.5. Timing out Prefixes and Default Routers
6.3.6. Default Router Selection
6.3.7. Sending Router Solicitations
7. ADDRESS RESOLUTION AND NEIGHBOR UNREACHABILITY DETECTION
7.1. Message Validation
7.1.1. Validation of Neighbor Solicitations
7.1.2. Validation of Neighbor Advertisements
7.2. Address Resolution
7.2.1. Interface Initialization
7.2.2. Sending Neighbor Solicitations
7.2.3. Receipt of Neighbor Solicitations
7.2.4. Sending Solicited Neighbor Advertisements
7.2.5. Receipt of Neighbor Advertisements
7.2.6. Sending Unsolicited Neighbor Advertisements
7.2.7. Anycast Neighbor Advertisements
7.2.8. Proxy Neighbor Advertisements
7.3. Neighbor Unreachability Detection
7.3.1. Reachability Confirmation
7.3.2. Neighbor Cache Entry States
7.3.3. Node Behavior
8. REDIRECT FUNCTION
8.1. Validation of Redirect Messages
8.2. Router Specification
8.3. Host Specification
9. EXTENSIBILITY - OPTION PROCESSING
10. PROTOCOL CONSTANTS
11. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
12. RENUMBERING CONSIDERATIONS
13. REFERENCES
14. Authors' Addresses
15. APPENDIX A: MULTIHOMED HOSTS
16. APPENDIX B: FUTURE EXTENSIONS
17. APPENDIX C: STATE MACHINE FOR THE REACHABILITY STATE
18. APPENDIX D: SUMMARY OF ISROUTER RULES
19. APPENDIX E: IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
19.1. Appendix E.1: Reachability confirmations
20. APPENDIX F: CHANGES SINCE RFC 1970
21. Full Copyright Statement

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