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Network Working Group R. Hinden Request for Comments: 4193 Nokia Category: Standards Track B. Haberman

                                                               JHU-APL
                                                          October 2005
                Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses

Status of This Memo

 This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
 Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
 improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
 Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
 and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005).

Abstract

 This document defines an IPv6 unicast address format that is globally
 unique and is intended for local communications, usually inside of a
 site.  These addresses are not expected to be routable on the global
 Internet.

Table of Contents

 1. Introduction ....................................................2
 2. Acknowledgements ................................................3
 3. Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses ....................................3
    3.1. Format .....................................................3
         3.1.1. Background ..........................................4
    3.2. Global ID ..................................................4
         3.2.1. Locally Assigned Global IDs .........................5
         3.2.2. Sample Code for Pseudo-Random Global ID Algorithm ...5
         3.2.3. Analysis of the Uniqueness of Global IDs ............6
    3.3. Scope Definition ...........................................6
 4. Operational Guidelines ..........................................7
    4.1. Routing ....................................................7
    4.2. Renumbering and Site Merging ...............................7
    4.3. Site Border Router and Firewall Packet Filtering ...........8
    4.4. DNS Issues .................................................8
    4.5. Application and Higher Level Protocol Issues ...............9
    4.6. Use of Local IPv6 Addresses for Local Communication ........9
    4.7. Use of Local IPv6 Addresses with VPNs .....................10

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 5. Global Routing Considerations ..................................11
    5.1. From the Standpoint of the Internet .......................11
    5.2. From the Standpoint of a Site .............................11
 6. Advantages and Disadvantages ...................................12
    6.1. Advantages ................................................12
    6.2. Disadvantages .............................................13
 7. Security Considerations ........................................13
 8. IANA Considerations ............................................13
 9. References .....................................................13
    9.1. Normative References ......................................13
    9.2. Informative References ....................................14

1. Introduction

 This document defines an IPv6 unicast address format that is globally
 unique and is intended for local communications [IPV6].  These
 addresses are called Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses and are
 abbreviated in this document as Local IPv6 addresses.  They are not
 expected to be routable on the global Internet.  They are routable
 inside of a more limited area such as a site.  They may also be
 routed between a limited set of sites.
 Local IPv6 unicast addresses have the following characteristics:
  1. Globally unique prefix (with high probability of uniqueness).
  1. Well-known prefix to allow for easy filtering at site

boundaries.

  1. Allow sites to be combined or privately interconnected without

creating any address conflicts or requiring renumbering of

      interfaces that use these prefixes.
  1. Internet Service Provider independent and can be used for

communications inside of a site without having any permanent or

      intermittent Internet connectivity.
  1. If accidentally leaked outside of a site via routing or DNS,

there is no conflict with any other addresses.

  1. In practice, applications may treat these addresses like global

scoped addresses.

 This document defines the format of Local IPv6 addresses, how to
 allocate them, and usage considerations including routing, site
 border routers, DNS, application support, VPN usage, and guidelines
 for how to use for local communication inside a site.

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 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

2. Acknowledgements

 The underlying idea of creating Local IPv6 addresses described in
 this document has been proposed a number of times by a variety of
 people.  The authors of this document do not claim exclusive credit.
 Credit goes to Brian Carpenter, Christian Huitema, Aidan Williams,
 Andrew White, Charlie Perkins, and many others.  The authors would
 also like to thank Brian Carpenter, Charlie Perkins, Harald
 Alvestrand, Keith Moore, Margaret Wasserman, Shannon Behrens, Alan
 Beard, Hans Kruse, Geoff Huston, Pekka Savola, Christian Huitema, Tim
 Chown, Steve Bellovin, Alex Zinin, Tony Hain, Bill Fenner, Sam
 Hartman, and Elwyn Davies for their comments and suggestions on this
 document.

3. Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses

3.1. Format

 The Local IPv6 addresses are created using a pseudo-randomly
 allocated global ID.  They have the following format:
    | 7 bits |1|  40 bits   |  16 bits  |          64 bits           |
    +--------+-+------------+-----------+----------------------------+
    | Prefix |L| Global ID  | Subnet ID |        Interface ID        |
    +--------+-+------------+-----------+----------------------------+
 Where:
    Prefix            FC00::/7 prefix to identify Local IPv6 unicast
                      addresses.
    L                 Set to 1 if the prefix is locally assigned.
                      Set to 0 may be defined in the future.  See
                      Section 3.2 for additional information.
    Global ID         40-bit global identifier used to create a
                      globally unique prefix.  See Section 3.2 for
                      additional information.
    Subnet ID         16-bit Subnet ID is an identifier of a subnet
                      within the site.
    Interface ID      64-bit Interface ID as defined in [ADDARCH].

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3.1.1. Background

 There were a range of choices available when choosing the size of the
 prefix and Global ID field length.  There is a direct tradeoff
 between having a Global ID field large enough to support foreseeable
 future growth and not using too much of the IPv6 address space
 needlessly.  A reasonable way of evaluating a specific field length
 is to compare it to a projected 2050 world population of 9.3 billion
 [POPUL] and the number of resulting /48 prefixes per person.  A range
 of prefix choices is shown in the following table:
  Prefix  Global ID     Number of          Prefixes    % of IPv6
          Length        /48 Prefixes       per Person  Address Space
  /11       37           137,438,953,472     15         0.049%
  /10       38           274,877,906,944     30         0.098%
  /9        39           549,755,813,888     59         0.195%
  /8        40         1,099,511,627,776    118         0.391%
  /7        41         2,199,023,255,552    236         0.781%
  /6        42         4,398,046,511,104    473         1.563%
 A very high utilization ratio of these allocations can be assumed
 because the Global ID field does not require internal structure, and
 there is no reason to be able to aggregate the prefixes.
 The authors believe that a /7 prefix resulting in a 41-bit Global ID
 space (including the L bit) is a good choice.  It provides for a
 large number of assignments (i.e., 2.2 trillion) and at the same time
 uses less than .8% of the total IPv6 address space.  It is unlikely
 that this space will be exhausted.  If more than this were to be
 needed, then additional IPv6 address space could be allocated for
 this purpose.

3.2. Global ID

 The allocation of Global IDs is pseudo-random [RANDOM].  They MUST
 NOT be assigned sequentially or with well-known numbers.  This is to
 ensure that there is not any relationship between allocations and to
 help clarify that these prefixes are not intended to be routed
 globally.  Specifically, these prefixes are not designed to
 aggregate.
 This document defines a specific local method to allocate Global IDs,
 indicated by setting the L bit to 1.  Another method, indicated by
 clearing the L bit, may be defined later.  Apart from the allocation
 method, all Local IPv6 addresses behave and are treated identically.

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 The local assignments are self-generated and do not need any central
 coordination or assignment, but have an extremely high probability of
 being unique.

3.2.1. Locally Assigned Global IDs

 Locally assigned Global IDs MUST be generated with a pseudo-random
 algorithm consistent with [RANDOM].  Section 3.2.2 describes a
 suggested algorithm.  It is important that all sites generating
 Global IDs use a functionally similar algorithm to ensure there is a
 high probability of uniqueness.
 The use of a pseudo-random algorithm to generate Global IDs in the
 locally assigned prefix gives an assurance that any network numbered
 using such a prefix is highly unlikely to have that address space
 clash with any other network that has another locally assigned prefix
 allocated to it.  This is a particularly useful property when
 considering a number of scenarios including networks that merge,
 overlapping VPN address space, or hosts mobile between such networks.

3.2.2. Sample Code for Pseudo-Random Global ID Algorithm

 The algorithm described below is intended to be used for locally
 assigned Global IDs.  In each case the resulting global ID will be
 used in the appropriate prefix as defined in Section 3.2.
   1) Obtain the current time of day in 64-bit NTP format [NTP].
   2) Obtain an EUI-64 identifier from the system running this
      algorithm.  If an EUI-64 does not exist, one can be created from
      a 48-bit MAC address as specified in [ADDARCH].  If an EUI-64
      cannot be obtained or created, a suitably unique identifier,
      local to the node, should be used (e.g., system serial number).
   3) Concatenate the time of day with the system-specific identifier
      in order to create a key.
   4) Compute an SHA-1 digest on the key as specified in [FIPS, SHA1];
      the resulting value is 160 bits.
   5) Use the least significant 40 bits as the Global ID.
   6) Concatenate FC00::/7, the L bit set to 1, and the 40-bit Global
      ID to create a Local IPv6 address prefix.
 This algorithm will result in a Global ID that is reasonably unique
 and can be used to create a locally assigned Local IPv6 address
 prefix.

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3.2.3. Analysis of the Uniqueness of Global IDs

 The selection of a pseudo random Global ID is similar to the
 selection of an SSRC identifier in RTP/RTCP defined in Section 8.1 of
 [RTP].  This analysis is adapted from that document.
 Since Global IDs are chosen randomly (and independently), it is
 possible that separate networks have chosen the same Global ID.  For
 any given network, with one or more random Global IDs, that has
 inter-connections to other such networks, having a total of N such
 IDs, the probability that two or more of these IDs will collide can
 be approximated using the formula:
    P = 1 - exp(-N**2 / 2**(L+1))
 where P is the probability of collision, N is the number of
 interconnected Global IDs, and L is the length of the Global ID.
 The following table shows the probability of a collision for a range
 of connections using a 40-bit Global ID field.
    Connections      Probability of Collision
        2                1.81*10^-12
       10                4.54*10^-11
      100                4.54*10^-09
     1000                4.54*10^-07
    10000                4.54*10^-05
 Based on this analysis, the uniqueness of locally generated Global
 IDs is adequate for sites planning a small to moderate amount of
 inter-site communication using locally generated Global IDs.

3.3. Scope Definition

 By default, the scope of these addresses is global.  That is, they
 are not limited by ambiguity like the site-local addresses defined in
 [ADDARCH].  Rather, these prefixes are globally unique, and as such,
 their applicability is greater than site-local addresses.  Their
 limitation is in the routability of the prefixes, which is limited to
 a site and any explicit routing agreements with other sites to
 propagate them (also see Section 4.1).  Also, unlike site-locals, a
 site may have more than one of these prefixes and use them at the
 same time.

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4. Operational Guidelines

 The guidelines in this section do not require any change to the
 normal routing and forwarding functionality in an IPv6 host or
 router.  These are configuration and operational usage guidelines.

4.1. Routing

 Local IPv6 addresses are designed to be routed inside of a site in
 the same manner as other types of unicast addresses.  They can be
 carried in any IPv6 routing protocol without any change.
 It is expected that they would share the same Subnet IDs with
 provider-based global unicast addresses, if they were being used
 concurrently [GLOBAL].
 The default behavior of exterior routing protocol sessions between
 administrative routing regions must be to ignore receipt of and not
 advertise prefixes in the FC00::/7 block.  A network operator may
 specifically configure prefixes longer than FC00::/7 for inter-site
 communication.
 If BGP is being used at the site border with an ISP, the default BGP
 configuration must filter out any Local IPv6 address prefixes, both
 incoming and outgoing.  It must be set both to keep any Local IPv6
 address prefixes from being advertised outside of the site as well as
 to keep these prefixes from being learned from another site.  The
 exception to this is if there are specific /48 or longer routes
 created for one or more Local IPv6 prefixes.
 For link-state IGPs, it is suggested that a site utilizing IPv6 local
 address prefixes be contained within one IGP domain or area.  By
 containing an IPv6 local address prefix to a single link-state area
 or domain, the distribution of prefixes can be controlled.

4.2. Renumbering and Site Merging

 The use of Local IPv6 addresses in a site results in making
 communication that uses these addresses independent of renumbering a
 site's provider-based global addresses.
 When merging multiple sites, the addresses created with these
 prefixes are unlikely to need to be renumbered because all of the
 addresses have a high probability of being unique.  Routes for each
 specific prefix would have to be configured to allow routing to work
 correctly between the formerly separate sites.

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4.3. Site Border Router and Firewall Packet Filtering

 While no serious harm will be done if packets with these addresses
 are sent outside of a site via a default route, it is recommended
 that routers be configured by default to keep any packets with Local
 IPv6 addresses from leaking outside of the site and to keep any site
 prefixes from being advertised outside of their site.
 Site border routers and firewalls should be configured to not forward
 any packets with Local IPv6 source or destination addresses outside
 of the site, unless they have been explicitly configured with routing
 information about specific /48 or longer Local IPv6 prefixes.  This
 will ensure that packets with Local IPv6 destination addresses will
 not be forwarded outside of the site via a default route.  The
 default behavior of these devices should be to install a "reject"
 route for these prefixes.  Site border routers should respond with
 the appropriate ICMPv6 Destination Unreachable message to inform the
 source that the packet was not forwarded. [ICMPV6].  This feedback is
 important to avoid transport protocol timeouts.
 Routers that maintain peering arrangements between Autonomous Systems
 throughout the Internet should obey the recommendations for site
 border routers, unless configured otherwise.

4.4. DNS Issues

 At the present time, AAAA and PTR records for locally assigned local
 IPv6 addresses are not recommended to be installed in the global DNS.
 For background on this recommendation, one of the concerns about
 adding AAAA and PTR records to the global DNS for locally assigned
 Local IPv6 addresses stems from the lack of complete assurance that
 the prefixes are unique.  There is a small possibility that the same
 locally assigned IPv6 Local addresses will be used by two different
 organizations both claiming to be authoritative with different
 contents.  In this scenario, it is likely there will be a connection
 attempt to the closest host with the corresponding locally assigned
 IPv6 Local address.  This may result in connection timeouts,
 connection failures indicated by ICMP Destination Unreachable
 messages, or successful connections to the wrong host.  Due to this
 concern, adding AAAA records for these addresses to the global DNS is
 thought to be unwise.
 Reverse (address-to-name) queries for locally assigned IPv6 Local
 addresses MUST NOT be sent to name servers for the global DNS, due to
 the load that such queries would create for the authoritative name
 servers for the ip6.arpa zone.  This form of query load is not
 specific to locally assigned Local IPv6 addresses; any current form

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 of local addressing creates additional load of this kind, due to
 reverse queries leaking out of the site.  However, since allowing
 such queries to escape from the site serves no useful purpose, there
 is no good reason to make the existing load problems worse.
 The recommended way to avoid sending such queries to nameservers for
 the global DNS is for recursive name server implementations to act as
 if they were authoritative for an empty d.f.ip6.arpa zone and return
 RCODE 3 for any such query.  Implementations that choose this
 strategy should allow it to be overridden, but returning an RCODE 3
 response for such queries should be the default, both because this
 will reduce the query load problem and also because, if the site
 administrator has not set up the reverse tree corresponding to the
 locally assigned IPv6 Local addresses in use, returning RCODE 3 is in
 fact the correct answer.

4.5. Application and Higher Level Protocol Issues

 Application and other higher level protocols can treat Local IPv6
 addresses in the same manner as other types of global unicast
 addresses.  No special handling is required.  This type of address
 may not be reachable, but that is no different from other types of
 IPv6 global unicast address.  Applications need to be able to handle
 multiple addresses that may or may not be reachable at any point in
 time.  In most cases, this complexity should be hidden in APIs.
 From a host's perspective, the difference between Local IPv6 and
 other types of global unicast addresses shows up as different
 reachability and could be handled by default in that way.  In some
 cases, it is better for nodes and applications to treat them
 differently from global unicast addresses.  A starting point might be
 to give them preference over global unicast, but fall back to global
 unicast if a particular destination is found to be unreachable.  Much
 of this behavior can be controlled by how they are allocated to nodes
 and put into the DNS.  However, it is useful if a host can have both
 types of addresses and use them appropriately.
 Note that the address selection mechanisms of [ADDSEL], and in
 particular the policy override mechanism replacing default address
 selection, are expected to be used on a site where Local IPv6
 addresses are configured.

4.6. Use of Local IPv6 Addresses for Local Communication

 Local IPv6 addresses, like global scope unicast addresses, are only
 assigned to nodes if their use has been enabled (via IPv6 address
 autoconfiguration [ADDAUTO], DHCPv6 [DHCP6], or manually).  They are

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 not created automatically in the way that IPv6 link-local addresses
 are and will not appear or be used unless they are purposely
 configured.
 In order for hosts to autoconfigure Local IPv6 addresses, routers
 have to be configured to advertise Local IPv6 /64 prefixes in router
 advertisements, or a DHCPv6 server must have been configured to
 assign them.  In order for a node to learn the Local IPv6 address of
 another node, the Local IPv6 address must have been installed in a
 naming system (e.g., DNS, proprietary naming system, etc.)  For these
 reasons, controlling their usage in a site is straightforward.
 To limit the use of Local IPv6 addresses the following guidelines
 apply:
  1. Nodes that are to only be reachable inside of a site: The local

DNS should be configured to only include the Local IPv6

      addresses of these nodes.  Nodes with only Local IPv6 addresses
      must not be installed in the global DNS.
  1. Nodes that are to be limited to only communicate with other

nodes in the site: These nodes should be set to only

      autoconfigure Local IPv6 addresses via [ADDAUTO] or to only
      receive Local IPv6 addresses via [DHCP6].  Note: For the case
      where both global and Local IPv6 prefixes are being advertised
      on a subnet, this will require a switch in the devices to only
      autoconfigure Local IPv6 addresses.
  1. Nodes that are to be reachable from inside of the site and from

outside of the site: The DNS should be configured to include

      the global addresses of these nodes.  The local DNS may be
      configured to also include the Local IPv6 addresses of these
      nodes.
  1. Nodes that can communicate with other nodes inside of the site

and outside of the site: These nodes should autoconfigure global

      addresses via [ADDAUTO] or receive global address via [DHCP6].
      They may also obtain Local IPv6 addresses via the same
      mechanisms.

4.7. Use of Local IPv6 Addresses with VPNs

 Local IPv6 addresses can be used for inter-site Virtual Private
 Networks (VPN) if appropriate routes are set up.  Because the
 addresses are unique, these VPNs will work reliably and without the
 need for translation.  They have the additional property that they
 will continue to work if the individual sites are renumbered or
 merged.

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5. Global Routing Considerations

 Section 4.1 provides operational guidelines that forbid default
 routing of local addresses between sites.  Concerns were raised to
 the IPv6 working group and to the IETF as a whole that sites may
 attempt to use local addresses as globally routed provider-
 independent addresses.  This section describes why using local
 addresses as globally-routed provider-independent addresses is
 unadvisable.

5.1. From the Standpoint of the Internet

 There is a mismatch between the structure of IPv6 local addresses and
 the normal IPv6 wide area routing model.  The /48 prefix of an IPv6
 local addresses fits nowhere in the normal hierarchy of IPv6 unicast
 addresses.  Normal IPv6 unicast addresses can be routed
 hierarchically down to physical subnet (link) level and only have to
 be flat-routed on the physical subnet.  IPv6 local addresses would
 have to be flat-routed even over the wide area Internet.
 Thus, packets whose destination address is an IPv6 local address
 could be routed over the wide area only if the corresponding /48
 prefix were carried by the wide area routing protocol in use, such as
 BGP.  This contravenes the operational assumption that long prefixes
 will be aggregated into many fewer short prefixes, to limit the table
 size and convergence time of the routing protocol.  If a network uses
 both normal IPv6 addresses [ADDARCH] and IPv6 local addresses, these
 types of addresses will certainly not aggregate with each other,
 since they differ from the most significant bit onwards.  Neither
 will IPv6 local addresses aggregate with each other, due to their
 random bit patterns.  This means that there would be a very
 significant operational penalty for attempting to use IPv6 local
 address prefixes generically with currently known wide area routing
 technology.

5.2. From the Standpoint of a Site

 There are a number of design factors in IPv6 local addresses that
 reduce the likelihood that IPv6 local addresses will be used as
 arbitrary global unicast addresses.  These include:
  1. The default rules to filter packets and routes make it very

difficult to use IPv6 local addresses for arbitrary use across

      the Internet.  For a site to use them as general purpose unicast
      addresses, it would have to make sure that the default rules
      were not being used by all other sites and intermediate ISPs
      used for their current and future communication.

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  1. They are not mathematically guaranteed to be unique and are not

registered in public databases. Collisions, while highly

      unlikely, are possible and a collision can compromise the
      integrity of the communications.  The lack of public
      registration creates operational problems.
  1. The addresses are allocated randomly. If a site had multiple

prefixes that it wanted to be used globally, the cost of

      advertising them would be very high because they could not be
      aggregated.
  1. They have a long prefix (i.e., /48) so a single local address

prefix doesn't provide enough address space to be used

      exclusively by the largest organizations.

6. Advantages and Disadvantages

6.1. Advantages

 This approach has the following advantages:
  1. Provides Local IPv6 prefixes that can be used independently of

any provider-based IPv6 unicast address allocations. This is

      useful for sites not always connected to the Internet or sites
      that wish to have a distinct prefix that can be used to localize
      traffic inside of the site.
  1. Applications can treat these addresses in an identical manner as

any other type of global IPv6 unicast addresses.

  1. Sites can be merged without any renumbering of the Local IPv6

addresses.

  1. Sites can change their provider-based IPv6 unicast address

without disrupting any communication that uses Local IPv6

      addresses.
  1. Well-known prefix that allows for easy filtering at site

boundary.

  1. Can be used for inter-site VPNs.
  1. If accidently leaked outside of a site via routing or DNS, there

is no conflict with any other addresses.

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6.2. Disadvantages

 This approach has the following disadvantages:
  1. Not possible to route Local IPv6 prefixes on the global Internet

with current routing technology. Consequentially, it is

      necessary to have the default behavior of site border routers to
      filter these addresses.
  1. There is a very low probability of non-unique locally assigned

Global IDs being generated by the algorithm in Section 3.2.3.

      This risk can be ignored for all practical purposes, but it
      leads to a theoretical risk of clashing address prefixes.

7. Security Considerations

 Local IPv6 addresses do not provide any inherent security to the
 nodes that use them.  They may be used with filters at site
 boundaries to keep Local IPv6 traffic inside of the site, but this is
 no more or less secure than filtering any other type of global IPv6
 unicast addresses.
 Local IPv6 addresses do allow for address-based security mechanisms,
 including IPsec, across end to end VPN connections.

8. IANA Considerations

 The IANA has assigned the FC00::/7 prefix to "Unique Local Unicast".

9. References

9.1. Normative References

 [ADDARCH]  Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "Internet Protocol Version 6
           (IPv6) Addressing Architecture", RFC 3513, April 2003.
 [FIPS]    "Federal Information Processing Standards Publication",
           (FIPS PUB) 180-1, Secure Hash Standard, 17 April 1995.
 [GLOBAL]  Hinden, R., Deering, S., and E. Nordmark, "IPv6 Global
           Unicast Address Format", RFC 3587, August 2003.
 [ICMPV6]  Conta, A. and S. Deering, "Internet Control Message
           Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6
           (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2463, December 1998.

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 [IPV6]    Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
           (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998.
 [NTP]     Mills, D., "Network Time Protocol (Version 3)
           Specification, Implementation and Analysis", RFC 1305,
           March 1992.
 [RANDOM]  Eastlake, D., 3rd, Schiller, J., and S. Crocker,
           "Randomness Requirements for Security", BCP 106, RFC 4086,
           June 2005.
 [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
           Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
 [SHA1]    Eastlake 3rd, D. and P. Jones, "US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
           (SHA1)", RFC 3174, September 2001.

9.2. Informative References

 [ADDAUTO] Thomson, S. and T. Narten, "IPv6 Stateless Address
           Autoconfiguration", RFC 2462, December 1998.
 [ADDSEL]  Draves, R., "Default Address Selection for Internet
           Protocol version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 3484, February 2003.
 [DHCP6]   Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C., and
           M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
           (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003.
 [POPUL]   Population Reference Bureau, "World Population Data Sheet
           of the Population Reference Bureau 2002",  August 2002.
 [RTP]     Schulzrinne, H.,  Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.
           Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
           Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, July 2003.

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Authors' Addresses

 Robert M. Hinden
 Nokia
 313 Fairchild Drive
 Mountain View, CA 94043
 USA
 Phone: +1 650 625-2004
 EMail: bob.hinden@nokia.com
 Brian Haberman
 Johns Hopkins University
 Applied Physics Lab
 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
 Laurel, MD 20723
 USA
 Phone: +1 443 778 1319
 EMail: brian@innovationslab.net

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