RFC 6877: 464XLAT: Combination of Stateful and Stateless Translation

This document describes an architecture (464XLAT) for providing limited IPv4 connectivity across an IPv6-only network by combining existing and well-known…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 6146: Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
Normative reference — RFC 6052: IPv6 Addressing of IPv4/IPv6 Translators
Normative reference — RFC 6145: IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 3633: IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6
Informative reference — RFC 5245: Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 6147: DNS64: DNS Extensions for Network Address Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
Informative reference — RFC 6092: Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet Service
Informative reference — RFC 6459: IPv6 in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Evolved Packet System (EPS)
Informative reference — RFC 5625: DNS Proxy Implementation Guidelines

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8683: Additional Deployment Guidelines for NAT64/464XLAT in Operator and Enterprise Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9313: Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4-as-a-Service (IPv4aaS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7445: Analysis of Failure Cases in IPv6 Roaming Scenarios
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9386: IPv6 Deployment Status
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8305: Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using Concurrency
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7599: Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7421: Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7269: NAT64 Deployment Options and Experience
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7849: An IPv6 Profile for 3GPP Mobile Devices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8925: IPv6-Only Preferred Option for DHCPv4
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9872: Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10001: Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 Environments