Internet Protocol - IPv4 & IPv6

required reading:

RFCs

• Internet Protocol RFC 791 - (1981) - Postel - Sec 1,2, 3.1 & 3.2
• User Datagram Protocol RFC 768   - (1980) - Postel
• Internet Control Message Protocol RFC 792 - (1981) - Postel
• Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers RFC 1122 - (1989) - Braden - Sec 3 & 4.1
• Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification - RFC 2460 - sec 1-8
• IPv6 Jumbograms RFC 2675
• Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6 RFC 4941 - sec 1-4
• IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture - RFC 4291 - sec 1& 2

optional reading:

Host Identity Protocol (hip)

· working group charter with description and pointers to documents

RFCs that may be of interest: IPv4

• Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers RFC 1812 - (1995) - Baker - Sec 4
• Applicability Statement for the Implementation of Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) RFC 1517 - (1993) - Hinden
• An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with CIDR RFC 1518 - (1993) - Li
• Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR): an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy RFC 1519 - (1993) - Fuller
• Address Allocation for Private Internets RFC 1918 - (1996) - Rekhter

RFCs that may be of interest: IPv6

• Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6) RFC 4861 - - sec 1-12
• Stateless Address Autoconfiguration RFC 4862 - - sec 1-6
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification RFC 4443 -
• Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks RFC 2464 -
• Router Renumbering for IPv6 RFC 2894 - - sec 1-5
• The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol RFC 1752
• IP: Next Generation (IPng) White Paper Solicitation RFC 1550
• IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments RFC 2375
• Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels RFC 2529
• IPv6 Router Alert Option RFC 2711
• Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax RFC 3986

Books that may be useful

• TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, Stevens, ISBN 0-201-63346-9: Chapter 3-8 & 11
• IPng: Internet Protocol Next Generation - Bradner, & Mankin - Addison Wesley, 1995 - ISBN 0-201-63395-7