RFC 5382: NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCP

This document defines a set of requirements for NATs that handle TCP that would allow many applications, such as peer-to-peer applications and online games to…

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Outgoing relationships (14 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Normative reference — RFC 959: File Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT)
Informative reference — RFC 2663: IP Network Address Translator (NAT) Terminology and Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options
Informative reference — RFC 4953: Defending TCP Against Spoofing Attacks
Informative reference — RFC 2923: TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 1644: T/TCP -- TCP Extensions for Transactions Functional Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1337: TIME-WAIT Assassination Hazards in TCP
Informative reference — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informative reference — RFC 4008: Definitions of Managed Objects for Network Address Translators (NAT)

Incoming relationships (25 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7857: Updates to Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6056: Recommendations for Transport-Protocol Port Randomization
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6888: Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7596: Lightweight 4over6: An Extension to the Dual-Stack Lite Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6889: Analysis of Stateful 64 Translation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7269: NAT64 Deployment Options and Experience
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7422: Deterministic Address Mapping to Reduce Logging in Carrier-Grade NAT Deployments
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8158: IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Information Elements for Logging NAT Events
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5245: Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6887: Port Control Protocol (PCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6092: Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7597: Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5461: TCP's Reaction to Soft Errors
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6544: TCP Candidates with Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5597: Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6263: Application Mechanism for Keeping Alive the NAT Mappings Associated with RTP / RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Flows
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7599: Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5596: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Simultaneous-Open Technique to Facilitate NAT/Middlebox Traversal
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6708: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6619: Scalable Operation of Address Translators with Per-Interface Bindings
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5677: IEEE 802.21 Mobility Services Framework Design (MSFD)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8764: Apple's DNS Long-Lived Queries Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9312: Manageability of the QUIC Transport Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7604: Comparison of Different NAT Traversal Techniques for Media Controlled by the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9006: TCP Usage Guidance in the Internet of Things (IoT)