Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
RFC 6146, “Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers”, is a Proposed Standard document published in April 2011 by M. Bagnulo, P. Matthews, I. van Beijnum. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes stateful NAT64 translation, which allows IPv6-only clients to contact IPv4 servers using unicast UDP, TCP, or ICMP. One or more public IPv4 addresses assigned to a NAT64 translator are shared among several IPv6-only clients. When stateful NAT64 is used in conjunction with DNS64, no changes are usually required in the IPv6 client or the IPv4 server.
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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- RFC 6145 IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
- RFC 6147 DNS64: DNS Extensions for Network Address Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
- RFC 6144 Framework for IPv4/IPv6 Translation
- RFC 6148 DHCPv4 Lease Query by Relay Agent Remote ID
- RFC 6149 MD2 to Historic Status
- RFC 6143 The Remote Framebuffer Protocol
- RFC 6150 MD4 to Historic Status
- RFC 6142 ANSI C12.22, IEEE 1703, and MC12.22 Transport Over IP