IANA IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry

(last updated 2008-05-16)

Registries included below:
- IANA IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry


Registry Name: IANA IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry
Reference: [RFC4773]
Registration Procedure: IETF Consensus

Note: 
Address prefixes listed in the Special Purpose Address Registry are 
not guaranteed routability in any particular local or global context.
Other special IPv6 addresses requiring specific considerations for
global routing are listed in [RFC5156].

Registry:
Prefix          Assignment  Date Designated  Termination Date  Purpose       Contact Details  Routing Scope  Reference
--------------  ----------  ---------------  ----------------  ------------  ---------------  -------------  ---------
2001:0000::/32  TEREDO      10 Jan 06                          Anycast                        Scoped         [RFC4380]
2001:0200::/48  BMWG        08 Apr 08        never             Benchmarking  See RFC          Not Routed     [RFC5180]
2001:10::/28    ORCHID      21 Mar 07        21 Mar 14         Overlay       See RFC          Not Routed     [RFC4843]


References
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[RFC4380]   C. Huitema, "Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through NATs",
            RFC 4380, February 2006.

[RFC4773]   G. Huston, "Administration of the IANA Special Purpose 
            Address Block", RFC 4773, December 2006.

[RFC4843]   P. Nikander, J. Laganier, F. Dupont, "An IPv6 Prefix for 
            Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash Identifiers (ORCHID)", 
            RFC 4843, April 2007.

[RFC5156]   M. Blanchet, "Special-Use IPv6 Addresses", RFC 5156, April 2008.

[RFC5180]   C. Popoviciu, A. Hamza, G. Van de Velde, D. Dugatkin, "IPv6 
            Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices", 
            RFC 5180, May 2008.

(registry created 2006-01-10)

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