rfc-4620

IPv6 Node Information Queries

M. Crawford, B. Haberman (Editor)
date2006-08 streamIETF areaint wgipv6 statusEXPERIMENTAL pages14 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4620 doi10.17487/RFC4620
This document describes a protocol for asking an IPv6 node to supply certain network information, such as its hostname or fully-qualified domain name. IPv6 implementation experience has shown that direct queries for a hostname are useful, and a direct query mechanism for other information has been found useful in serverless environments and for debugging. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.