IPv6 Maintenance (6man)

Last Modified: 2008-08-21

Additional information is available at tools.ietf.org/wg/6man

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>

    Mailing Lists:

    General Discussion: ipv6@ietf.org
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    Archive: http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6/current/index.html

    Description of Working Group:

    The 6man working group is responsible for the maintenance, upkeep,
    and advancement of the IPv6 protocol specifications and addressing
    architecture. It is not chartered to develop major changes or
    additions to the IPv6 specifications. The working group will
    address protocol limitations/issues discovered during deployment
    and operation. It will also serve as a venue for discussing
    the proper location for working on IPv6-related issues within
    the IETF.

    The working group's work items are as follows:

    o Complete work on RA Flags Option
    o Complete work on RH0 Deprecation
    o Complete work on IPv6 over PPP Compression Negotiation
    o Complete work on Centrally Allocated Unique Local
    Addresses (ULA-C)

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

    Goals and Milestones:

    Done  Submit RH0 Deprecation specification to IESG as a Proposed Standard
    Jan 2008  Submit PPP Compression Negotiation specification to IESG as a Proposed Standard
    Mar 2008  Determine way forward for ULA-C specification

    Internet-Drafts:

    Solution approaches for address-selection problems (36207 bytes)
    Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers (14661 bytes)
    IPv6 Subnet Model: the Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes (16423 bytes)

    Request For Comments:

    Negotiation for IPv6 datagram compression using IPv6 Control Protocol (RFC 5172) (14646 bytes) obsoletes RFC 2472
    IETF Secretariat - Please send questions, comments, and/or suggestions to ietf-web@ietf.org.

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