| rfc9818v2.txt | rfc9818.txt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| skipping to change at line 14 ¶ | skipping to change at line 14 ¶ | |||
| Updates: 7084 July 2025 | Updates: 7084 July 2025 | |||
| Category: Informational | Category: Informational | |||
| ISSN: 2070-1721 | ISSN: 2070-1721 | |||
| DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation on IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Routers in LANs | DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation on IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Routers in LANs | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| This document defines requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) | This document defines requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) | |||
| routers to support DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for distributing | routers to support DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for distributing | |||
| available prefixes to LAN devices that were delegated to a IPv6 CE | available prefixes to LAN devices that were delegated to an IPv6 CE | |||
| router. This document updates RFC 7084. | router. This document updates RFC 7084. | |||
| Status of This Memo | Status of This Memo | |||
| This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is | This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is | |||
| published for informational purposes. | published for informational purposes. | |||
| This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force | This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force | |||
| (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has | (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has | |||
| received public review and has been approved for publication by the | received public review and has been approved for publication by the | |||
| skipping to change at line 204 ¶ | skipping to change at line 204 ¶ | |||
| LPD-3: The prefix assigned to a link MUST NOT change in the absence | LPD-3: The prefix assigned to a link MUST NOT change in the absence | |||
| of a local policy or a topology change. | of a local policy or a topology change. | |||
| LPD-4: After LAN link prefix assignments, the IPv6 CE router MUST | LPD-4: After LAN link prefix assignments, the IPv6 CE router MUST | |||
| keep the remaining IPv6 prefixes available to other routers | keep the remaining IPv6 prefixes available to other routers | |||
| via Prefix Delegation. | via Prefix Delegation. | |||
| LPD-5: IPv6 CE routers MUST maintain a local routing table that is | LPD-5: IPv6 CE routers MUST maintain a local routing table that is | |||
| dynamically updated with leases and the associated next hops | dynamically updated with leases and the associated next hops | |||
| as they are delegated to clients. Packets with destination | as they are delegated to clients. Absent explicit | |||
| addresses in a delegated prefix MUST be routed to that | filtering, packets with destination addresses in a delegated | |||
| prefix regardless of which interface they are received on. | prefix MUST be forwarded to that prefix regardless of which | |||
| When a delegated prefix is released or expires, the | interface they are received on. When a delegated prefix is | |||
| associated route MUST be removed from the IPv6 CE router's | released or expires, the associated route MUST be removed | |||
| routing table. A delegated prefix expires when the valid | from the IPv6 CE router's routing table. A delegated prefix | |||
| lifetime assigned in the IA_PD expires without being | expires when the valid lifetime assigned in the IA_PD | |||
| renewed. When a prefix is released or expires, it MUST be | expires without being renewed. When a prefix is released or | |||
| returned the pool of available prefixes. | expires, it MUST be returned the pool of available prefixes. | |||
| LPD-6: By default, the IPv6 CE router filtering rules MUST allow | LPD-6: By default, the IPv6 CE router filtering rules MUST allow | |||
| forwarding of packets with an outer IPv6 header containing a | forwarding of packets with an outer IPv6 header containing a | |||
| source address belonging to delegated prefixes, along with | source address belonging to delegated prefixes, along with | |||
| reciprocal packets from the same flow, following the | reciprocal packets from the same flow, following the | |||
| recommendations of [RFC6092]. This updates WPD-5 of | recommendations of [RFC6092]. This updates WPD-5 of | |||
| [RFC7084] to not drop packets from prefixes that have been | [RFC7084] to not drop packets from prefixes that have been | |||
| delegated. IPv6 CE routers MUST continue to drop packets, | delegated. IPv6 CE routers MUST continue to drop packets, | |||
| including destination address, that are not assigned to the | including destination address, that are not assigned to the | |||
| LAN or delegated. | LAN or delegated. | |||
| End of changes. 2 change blocks. | ||||
| 10 lines changed or deleted | 10 lines changed or added | |||
This html diff was produced by rfcdiff 1.48. | ||||