RFC 6333: Dual-Stack Lite Broadband Deployments Following IPv4 Exhaustion

This document revisits the dual-stack model and introduces the Dual- Stack Lite technology aimed at better aligning the costs and benefits of deploying IPv6…

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Outgoing relationships (1 related RFC)

Normative reference — RFC 6334: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) Option for Dual-Stack Lite

Incoming relationships (27 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 7335: IPv4 Service Continuity Prefix
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6888: Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7084: Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7596: Lightweight 4over6: An Extension to the Dual-Stack Lite Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6519: RADIUS Extensions for Dual-Stack Lite
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9313: Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4-as-a-Service (IPv4aaS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6674: Gateway-Initiated Dual-Stack Lite Deployment
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6908: Deployment Considerations for Dual-Stack Lite
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8114: Delivery of IPv4 Multicast Services to IPv4 Clients over an IPv6 Multicast Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9386: IPv6 Deployment Status
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7678: Attribute-Value Pairs for Provisioning Customer Equipment Supporting IPv4-Over-IPv6 Transitional Solutions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7870: Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite) Management Information Base (MIB) for Address Family Transition Routers (AFTRs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6887: Port Control Protocol (PCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6890: Special-Purpose IP Address Registries
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7597: Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6619: Scalable Operation of Address Translators with Per-Interface Bindings
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6732: 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7422: Deterministic Address Mapping to Reduce Logging in Carrier-Grade NAT Deployments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7659: Definitions of Managed Objects for Network Address Translators (NATs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6947: The Session Description Protocol (SDP) Alternate Connectivity (ALTC) Attribute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6970: Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Internet Gateway Device - Port Control Protocol Interworking Function (IGD-PCP IWF)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7291: DHCP Options for the Port Control Protocol (PCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7620: Scenarios with Host Identification Complications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6782: Wireline Incremental IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7289: Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) Deployment with BGP/MPLS IP VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7974: An Experimental TCP Option for Host Identification