{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-6man-prefixlen-p2p-01",
  "doc_id": "RFC6164",
  "title": "Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links",
  "authors": [
    "M. Kohno",
    "B. Nitzan",
    "R. Bush",
    "Y. Matsuzaki",
    "L. Colitti",
    "T. Narten"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "8",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "IPv6 Maintenance",
  "abstract": "On inter-router point-to-point links, it is useful, for security and other reasons, to use 127-bit IPv6 prefixes.  Such a practice parallels the use of 31-bit prefixes in IPv4.  This document specifies the motivation for, and usages of, 127-bit IPv6 prefix lengths on inter-router point-to-point links. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "April 2011",
  "keywords": [
    "addressing",
    "prefix length",
    "security"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC6547"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC6164",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc6164"
}