ICANN Seeks Input on Name Collision IPv6 Research Study
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
ICANN is seeking an IPv6 name collision research study for mitigation strategy input.
Reference No.
RFP-2025-3128
Category
Research/Development
Due Date
December 22nd, 2025
Description
Seeking input on a study conducted to identify one or more ipv6 candidate prefixes that may be suitable for use in an aaaa record during controlled interruption, which is a name collision mitigation strategy. This study involved a review of the internet assigned numbers authority registries for ipv6 to produce a list of candidate addresses, followed by technical tests of multiple applications on popular end-user operating systems, to determine whether or not domain name system lookups that produce responses containing these addresses result in external network traffic.
This solicitation has some or all Local funding, additional requirements may apply.
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