RFCs and IDs

This page is serving as a placeholder for the IETF RFCs that I've reviewed and contributed to and the Internet Drafts I've authored or co-authored.

Working Group Detailed Reviewer (One of)

RFC7421 - Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
RFC7217 - A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)

RFC9268 - IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option


Authors' Requested Reviewer

RFC8799 - Limited Domains and Internet Protocols

RFC8981 - Temporary Address Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6


Acknowledged Reviewer and Contributor

RFC4864 - Local Network Protection for IPv6
RFC4942 - IPv6 Transition/Coexistence Security Considerations
RFC5156 - Special-Use IPv6 Addresses
RFC5375 - IPv6 Unicast Address Assignment Considerations
RFC6036 - Emerging Service Provider Scenarios for IPv6 Deployment
RFC6085 - Address Mapping of IPv6 Multicast Packets on Ethernet
RFC6343 - Advisory Guidelines for 6to4 Deployment
RFC6436 - Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification
RFC6437 - IPv6 Flow Label Specification
RFC6555 - Happy Eyeballs: Success with Dual-Stack Hosts
RFC6877 - 464XLAT: Combination of Stateful and Stateless Translation
RFC6883 - IPv6 Guidance for Internet Content Providers and Application Service Providers
RFC6911 - RADIUS Attributes for IPv6 Access Networks
RFC6964 - Operational Guidance for IPv6 Deployment in IPv4 Sites Using the Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)
RFC6980 - Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
RFC7043 - Resource Records for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS
RFC7094 - Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast
RFC7278 - Extending an IPv6 /64 Prefix from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mobile Interface to a LAN Link
RFC7136 - Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
RFC7503 - OSPFv3 Autoconfiguration
RFC7610 (BCP199) - DHCPv6-Shield: Protecting against Rogue DHCPv6 Servers
RFC7739 - Security Implications of Predictable Fragment Identification Values
RFC7721 - Security and Privacy Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms
RFC7772 (BCP202) - Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements
RFC7872 - Observations on the Dropping of Packets with IPv6 Extension Headers in the Real World
RFC7934 (BCP204) - Host Address Availability Recommendations
RFC8028 - First-Hop Router Selection by Hosts in a Multi-Prefix Network
RFC8064 - Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers
RFC8106 - IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration

RFC8883 - ICMPv6 Errors for Discarding Packets Due to Processing Limits

RFC8978 - Reaction of IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to Flash-Renumbering Events

RFC9096 - Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering Events

RFC9131 - Gratuitous Neighbor Discovery: Creating Neighbor Cache Entries on First-Hop Routers

RFC9486 - IPv6 Options for In Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM)

RFC9602 - Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Segment Identifiers in the IPv6 Addressing Architecture

RFC9631 - The IPv6 Compact Routing Header (CRH)

RFC9837 - The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option

RFC9868 - Transport Options for UDP

Authored Internet Drafts

draft-smith-v6ops-larger-ipv6-loopback-prefix - A Larger Loopback Prefix for IPv6
draft-smith-6man-mitigate-nd-cache-dos-slnd - Mitigating IPv6 Neighbor Discovery DoS Attack Using Stateless Neighbor Presence Discovery
draft-smith-mldv2-link-unicast - MLDv2 Procedures for Link-Layer Unicast Delivery of Multicast IPv6
draft-smith-v6ops-ce-dhcpv6-transparency - IPv6 CE Device DHCPv6 Option Transparency
draft-smith-v6ops-mitigate-rtr-dos-mld-slctd-node - Further Mitigating Router ND Cache Exhaustion DoS Attacks Using Solicited-Node Group Membership
draft-smith-enhance-vne-with-ipv6 - Enhancing Virtual Network Encapsulation with IPv6
draft-smith-6man-link-locals-off-link - Indicating Link-Local Unicast Destinations are Off-Link
draft-smith-ipv6-link-locals-apps - How to use IPv6 Link-Local Addresses in Applications
draft-smith-skinny-ipv6-in-ipv6-tunnelling - Skinny IPv6 in IPv6 Tunnelling
draft-smith-6man-form-func-anycast-addresses -
IPv6 Formal Anycast Addresses and Functional Anycast Addresses
draft-smith-6man-in-flight-eh-insertion-harmful - In-Flight IPv6 Extension Header Insertion Considered Harmful
draft-smith-v6ops-local-only-addressing - Default IPv6 Local Only Addressing for Non-Internet Devices draft-smith-6man-accurate-ra-router-lifetime - More Accurately Naming IPv6 RA Router Lifetime

draft-smith-6man-more-secure-rh - More Secure IPv6 Routing Header Processing

draft-smith-ietf-routers-vs-hosts - Routers Verses Hosts; Devices Verses Functions

draft-smith-6man-icmpv6-prefix-redirect - ICMPv6 Prefix Redirect Messages

draft-smith-6man-isnp-option-for-ndp-arp-ping - Identification, Sequence Number and Payload Option for IPv6 NDP and IPv4 ARP Ping

draft-smith-v6ops-nearly-ipv6-only-dualstack-hosts - Nearly IPv6 Only Dual Stack Hosts