IANA IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry (last updated 2009-04-30) Registries included below: - IANA IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry Registry Name: IANA IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry Reference: [RFC4773] Registration Procedure: IETF Consensus Note: Address prefixes listed in the Special Purpose Address Registry are not guaranteed routability in any particular local or global context. Other special IPv6 addresses requiring specific considerations for global routing are listed in [RFC5156]. Registry: Prefix Assignment Date Designated Termination Date Purpose Contact Details Routing Scope Reference -------------- ---------- --------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------------ ------------- --------- 2001:0000::/32 TEREDO 10 Jan 06 Anycast Scoped [RFC4380] 2001:0002::/48 BMWG 08 Apr 08 never Benchmarking See RFC and Errata Not Routed [RFC5180] 2001:10::/28 ORCHID 21 Mar 07 21 Mar 14 Overlay See RFC Not Routed [RFC4843] References ---------- [RFC4380] C. Huitema, "Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through NATs", RFC 4380, February 2006. [RFC4773] G. Huston, "Administration of the IANA Special Purpose Address Block", RFC 4773, December 2006. [RFC4843] P. Nikander, J. Laganier, F. Dupont, "An IPv6 Prefix for Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash Identifiers (ORCHID)", RFC 4843, April 2007. [RFC5156] M. Blanchet, "Special-Use IPv6 Addresses", RFC 5156, April 2008. [RFC5180] C. Popoviciu, A. Hamza, G. Van de Velde, D. Dugatkin, "IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices", RFC 5180, May 2008. (registry created 2006-01-10) []