Framework for IPv4/IPv6 Translation
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) F. Baker
Request for Comments: 6144 Cisco Systems
Category: Informational X. Li
ISSN: 2070-1721 C. Bao
CERNET Center/Tsinghua University
K. Yin
Cisco Systems
April 2011
Framework for IPv4/IPv6 Translation
Abstract
This note describes a framework for IPv4/IPv6 translation. This is
in the context of replacing Network Address Translation - Protocol
Translation (NAT-PT), which was deprecated by RFC 4966, and to enable
networks to have IPv4 and IPv6 coexist in a somewhat rational manner
while transitioning to an IPv6 network.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6144.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Why Translation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3. Translation Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4. Transition Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Scenarios for IPv4/IPv6 Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1. Scenario 1: An IPv6 Network to the IPv4 Internet . . . . . 12
2.2. Scenario 2: The IPv4 Internet to an IPv6 Network . . . . . 13
2.3. Scenario 3: The IPv6 Internet to an IPv4 Network . . . . . 14
2.4. Scenario 4: An IPv4 Network to the IPv6 Internet . . . . . 15
2.5. Scenario 5: An IPv6 Network to an IPv4 Network . . . . . . 16
2.6. Scenario 6: An IPv4 Network to an IPv6 Network . . . . . . 17
2.7. Scenario 7: The IPv6 Internet to the IPv4 Internet . . . . 18
2.8. Scenario 8: The IPv4 Internet to the IPv6 Internet . . . . 19
3. Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.1. Translation Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.1.1. Address Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.1.2. IP and ICMP Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.3. Maintaining Translation State . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.4. DNS64 and DNS46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.1.5. ALGs for Other Applications Layer Protocols . . . . . 22
3.2. Operation Mode for Specific Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2.1. Stateless Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2.2. Stateful Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3. Layout of the Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4. Translation in Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5. Unsolved Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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