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RFC 2460 dates back to 1998 [0]. There was an updated standard published as RFC 8200 [1] in 2017, but it is not uncommon that standards get updated by a new rev
by pantalaimon 4y ago
RFC 2460 dates back to 1998 [0].
There was an updated standard published as RFC 8200 [1] in 2017, but it is not uncommon that standards get updated by a new revision - the current standard is just as 'finalized' as the 1998 version was.
[0] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2460 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2460
[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200
- BlueTemplar 4y agoHmm, but weren't there a lot of changes between 1998 and 2017 in terms of how IPv6 security should work ? (often changing random suffixes and such ?)