@misc{rfc4862, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4862, howpublished = {RFC 4862}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4862}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4862}, author = {Dr. Thomas Narten and Tatsuya Jinmei and Dr. Susan Thomson}, title = {{IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2007, month = sep, abstract = {This document specifies the steps a host takes in deciding how to autoconfigure its interfaces in IP version 6. The autoconfiguration process includes generating a link-local address, generating global addresses via stateless address autoconfiguration, and the Duplicate Address Detection procedure to verify the uniqueness of the addresses on a link. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }