2001/05/21

[RFC] A Technical Introduction to IPv6

 This document attempts to provide an introduction to each of the new
 features of the Internet Protocol, version 6 (IPv6), including
 transitional mechanisms for interoperating in a mixed IPv4/IPv6
 environment.

draft-lutchann-ipv6-intro-00.txt

[RFC] Default Address Selection for IPv6

 This document describes two algorithms, for source address selection 
 and for destination address selection. The algorithms specify 
 default behavior for all IPv6 implementations. They do not override 
 choices made by applications or upper-layer protocols, nor do they 
 preclude the development of more advanced mechanisms for address 
 selection. The two algorithms share a common framework, including an 
 optional mechanism for allowing administrators to provide policy 
 that can override the default behavior. In dual stack 
 implementations, the framework allows the destination address 
 selection algorithm to consider both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses - 
 depending on the available source addresses, the algorithm might 
 prefer IPv6 addresses over IPv4 addresses, or vice-versa.

draft-ietf-ipngwg-default-addr-select-04.txt

Changes from draft-ietf-ipngwg-default-addr-select-03

 Reversed the treatment of temporary addresses, so that unless an 
 application specifies otherwise public addresses are preferred over 
 temporary addresses. 
 Added text clarifying our expectation that applications should 
 iterate through the list of possible destination addresses until 
 finding a working address. 
 Removed references to getipnodebyname().