A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7283 Title: Handling Unknown DHCPv6 Messages Author: Y. Cui, Q. Sun, T. Lemon Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: July 2014 Mailbox: yong@csnet1.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn, sunqi@csnet1.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn, Ted.Lemon@nominum.com Pages: 7 Characters: 13021 Updates: RFC 3315 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-unknown-msg-08.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7283.txt DHCPv6 is not specific about handling messages with unknown types. This memo describes the problems associated with receiving DHCPv6 messages with unknown types, and defines how a DHCPv6 server, client, or relay agent should behave when receiving unknown DHCPv6 messages. This document also provides advice for authors of future documents that define new messages to be sent from DHCP servers to DHCP relay agents. This document updates RFC 3315. This document is a product of the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC