Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters

Last Updated

2015-04-10

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Registries included below

• Next Header Types
• IPv6 Extension Header Types
• Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options
• Routing Types
• RPL-option-TLV
• TaggerId Types

Next Header Types

Reference

[RFC2460][RFC2780][RFC7045]

Note

This registry has been closed in favor of the IPv6 Extension Header Types 
registry, also located at [IANA registry ipv6-parameters].

IPv6 Extension Header Types

Registration Procedure(s)

[RFC2780] as amended by [RFC5237] (IESG Approval or Standards Action)

Reference

[RFC7045]

Note

The "IPv6 Extension Header" field in the Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers 
registry at [IANA registry protocol-numbers] should be updated for any 
Protocol Number added to this registry.

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CSV

Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options

Registration Procedure(s)

IESG Approval, IETF Consensus or Standards Action

Reference

[RFC2460][RFC2780]

Note

From [RFC2460] IPv6 Option Types are 8-bit values, structured as 
three subfields, are defined in [RFC2460] section 4.2:

   Each distinct 8-bit Option Type identifies a different option, i.e., the
   high-order 3 bits are considered part of the option identification.
   However, it is recommended that Option Types be assigned with distinct
   values in the "rest" subfield, until and unless that 5-bit space becomes
   full.

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CSV

Routing Types

Registration Procedure(s)

IETF Review or IESG Approval

Reference

[RFC2460][RFC5871]

Note

For Traffic Class related information, please see [RFC2474][RFC3168],
and the following registries:
   http://www.iana.org/assignments/dscp-registry
   http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-tos-byte

For IPv6 Router Alert Option Values, please see:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-routeralert-values

Available Formats

CSV

RPL-option-TLV

Registration Procedure(s)

IETF Review

Reference

[RFC6553]

Available Formats

CSV

TaggerId Types

Registration Procedure(s)

IETF Review

Reference

[RFC6621]

Available Formats

CSV

Footnotes

It is only appropriate to use these values in explicitly-configured experiments;
they MUST NOT be shipped as defaults in implementations.  See [RFC3692] for details.

It is only appropriate to use these values in explicitly-configured
experiments; they MUST NOT be shipped as defaults in implementations.
See [RFC3692] for details.