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<title>IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration</title>
<author initials='S.' surname='Thomson' fullname='Susan Thomson'>
<organization>Bellcore</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>445 South Street</street>
<street>Morristown</street>
<region>NJ</region>
<code>07960</code>
<country>USA</country></postal>
<phone>+1 201 829 4514</phone>
<email>set@thumper.bellcore.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='T.' surname='Narten' fullname='Thomas Narten'>
<organization>IBM Corporation</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>P.O. Box 12195</street>
<street>Research Triangle Park</street>
<region>NC</region>
<code>27709-2195</code>
<country>USA</country></postal>
<phone>+1 919 254 7798</phone>
<email>narten@raleigh.ibm.com</email></address></author>
<date month='December' year='1998' />
<area>Internet</area>
<keyword>configuration</keyword>
<keyword>internet protocol version 6</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   This document specifies the steps a host takes in deciding how to
   autoconfigure its interfaces in IP version 6. The autoconfiguration
   process includes creating a link-local address and verifying its
   uniqueness on a link, determining what information should be
   autoconfigured (addresses, other information, or both), and in the
   case of addresses, whether they should be obtained through the
   stateless mechanism, the stateful mechanism, or both.  This document
   defines the process for generating a link-local address, the process
   for generating site-local and global addresses via stateless address
   autoconfiguration, and the Duplicate Address Detection procedure. The
   details of autoconfiguration using the stateful protocol are
   specified elsewhere.
</t></abstract></front>

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