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file that contains a list of all relevant ip addressing RFCs.

Certainly! Below is a table listing key RFCs related to IP addressing along with their details:

RFC Number Name of the RFC Brief Description Date Published URLs Relevance of Importance
RFC 760 Internet Protocol January 1980 RFC760
RFC 791 Internet Protocol Original specification of IPv4, including its addressing September 1981 RFC 791 High
RFC 919 Broadcasting Internet Datagrams Discusses broadcasting in IPv4 networks October 1984 RFC 919 Medium
RFC 922 Broadcasting Internet Datagrams In the Presence of Subnets Discusses broadcasting across subnets in IPv4 networks October 1984 RFC 922 Medium
RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure Defines subnetting for IPv4 August 1985 RFC 950 High
RFC 1518 An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with CIDR Introduces Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) September 1993 RFC 1518 High
RFC 1519 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) Specifies CIDR and its application for efficient IP addressing September 1993 RFC 1519 High
RFC 1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets Defines private address spaces in IPv4 February 1996 RFC 1918 High
RFC 2373 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture Original IPv6 addressing architecture (Obsoleted by RFC 3513) July 1998 RFC 2373 Low
RFC 3513 IPv6 Addressing Architecture Updated IPv6 addressing architecture (Obsoleted by RFC 4291) April 2003 RFC 3513 Medium
RFC 3927 Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses Specifies link-local addressing for IPv4 May 2005 RFC 3927 Medium
RFC 4193 Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses Defines locally administered IPv6 unicast addresses October 2005 RFC 4193 High
RFC 4291 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture Current IPv6 addressing architecture February 2006 RFC 4291 High
RFC 4632 Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) Provides an explanation of CIDR and Internet address assignment August 2006 RFC 4632 High
RFC 5735 Special Use IPv4 Addresses Describes IPv4 addresses reserved for special purposes January 2010 RFC 5735 High
RFC 5952 A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation Provides a standard text representation for IPv6 addresses August 2010 RFC 5952 High
RFC 6598 IANA-Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address Space Specifies a shared address space to alleviate IPv4 exhaustion April 2012 RFC 6598 Medium
RFC 6890 Special-Purpose IP Address Registries Provides a list of IP addresses for special purposes, both IPv4 and IPv6 April 2013 RFC 6890 High

The relevance of importance is categorized as High, Medium, or Low based on how frequently the RFC is likely to be referenced or required in today's industry.

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