Appendix D. IPv6 Reference Tables
This appendix contains a series of summary reference tables for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for the standards described in this book.
Table D-1. Defined Values for the Scope Field for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Scope Field Value | Scope |
|---|---|
0 | Reserved |
1 | Interface-local scope |
2 | Link-local scope |
3 | Reserved |
4 | Admin-local scope |
5 | Site-local scope |
8 | Organization-local scope |
E | Global scope |
F | Reserved |
In RFC 4291, all other values of the Scope field are unassigned.
Table D-2. Typical Values of the Next Header Field in the IPv6 Header
Value (Decimal) | Header |
|---|---|
0 | Hop-by-Hop Options header |
6 | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) |
17 | User Datagram Protocol (UDP) |
41 | Encapsulated IPv6 header |
43 | Routing header |
44 | Fragment header |
50 | Encapsulating Security ... |
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