Hi Alan,
[I copied the PSI list, because below is an FAQ answer].
First your question - yes RFC 2461 is what IPv6 uses to
replace ARP (and quite few other protocols). With
RFC 2461 you can resolve a neighbor's IPv6 network layer
address into the corresponding datalink layer address
(for example the IEEE 802.x 48-bit or 64-bit address).
To Web search for RFCs, go the RFC Editor's home page
http://www.rfc-editor.org
and select the 'RFC Search' button.
There are several IETF mechanisms for finding RFCs. The
simplest is the RFC Index (titles, authors, dates, only):
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc-index.txt
Another is that (once your interested in a given RFC by
title), every even-numbered century RFC (3100, 3200, etc.)
is the complete latest version of "Internet Official
Protocol Standards" (also called STD 1). According to
a copy of the RFC Index that I just fetched, the latest
that has been published is:
3300 Internet Official Protocol Standards. J. Reynolds, R. Braden, S.
Ginoza, A. De La Cruz. November 2002. (Format: TXT=127805 bytes)
(Obsoletes RFC3000) (Also STD0001) (Status: STANDARD)
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3300.txt
Further, every century minus one (3099 , 3199, etc.) is
the "RFC Summary" for that century (3099 is 3000 to 3099),
containing the Title and Abstract of each hundred RFCs.
These are the best for a detailed topic search (although
their publication lags a bit behind the latest published
RFCs).
Hope all this helps.
Cheers,
- Ira
-----Original Message-----
From: BERKEMA,ALAN C (HP-Roseville,ex1) [mailto:alan.berkema at hp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:45 AM
To: 'McDonald, Ira'
Subject: IPv6 RFCs?
Hi Ira,
This is off topic from PSI, but you really seem
to have your RFCs down.
How do I find what IPv6 is using for ARP?
I found RFC 2461 neighbor Discovery, is that it?
Is there an IETF way of finding the latest RFC's
without resorting to Google?
RFC1883 - The IPv6 base protocol.
RFC1884 - The address specification.
RFC1885 - Description of the control protocol, known as ICMP.
RFC1886 - Addressing the problems of an enhanced Domain Name Service
(DNS).
RFC1933 - The transition mechanism.
Thanks in adavance
Alan