@misc{rfc6555, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6555, howpublished = {RFC 6555}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6555}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6555}, author = {Dan Wing and Andrew Yourtchenko}, title = {{Happy Eyeballs: Success with Dual-Stack Hosts}}, pagetotal = 15, year = 2012, month = apr, abstract = {When a server's IPv4 path and protocol are working, but the server's IPv6 path and protocol are not working, a dual-stack client application experiences significant connection delay compared to an IPv4-only client. This is undesirable because it causes the dual- stack client to have a worse user experience. This document specifies requirements for algorithms that reduce this user-visible delay and provides an algorithm. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }