IPv6 rapid deployment
6rd is a mechanism to facilitate IPv6 rapid deployment across IPv4 infrastructures of Internet service providers (ISPs).
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The protocol is derived from 6to4, a preexisting mechanism to transfer IPv6 packets over the IPv4 network, with the significant change that it operates entirely within the end-user's ISP network, thus avoiding the major architectural problems inherent in the design of 6to4. The name 6rd is a reference to both the rapid deployments of IPv6 it enables, and, informally, the initials (RD) of its inventor, Rémi Després.
A description of 6rd principles and their first application by the ISP Free is published in RFC 5569, The 6rd specification prepared for standardization in the IETF is available as RFC 5969.
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