IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
RFC 6145
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(April 2011; Errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 7915
Obsoletes RFC 2765
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-baker-behave-v4v6-translation | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
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| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
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| IESG | IESG state | RFC 6145 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| Responsible AD | David Harrington | ||
| IESG note | Dave Thaler (dthaler@microsoft.com) is the document shepherd. | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) X. Li
Request for Comments: 6145 C. Bao
Obsoletes: 2765 CERNET Center/Tsinghua
Category: Standards Track University
ISSN: 2070-1721 F. Baker
Cisco Systems
April 2011
IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
Abstract
This document describes the Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
(SIIT), which translates between IPv4 and IPv6 packet headers
(including ICMP headers). This document obsoletes RFC 2765.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
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). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in 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/rfc6145.
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RFC 6145 IPv4/IPv6 Translation April 2011
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. IPv4-IPv6 Translation Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Applicability and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. Stateless vs. Stateful Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4. Path MTU Discovery and Fragmentation . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Changes from RFC 2765 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Translating from IPv4 to IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. Translating IPv4 Headers into IPv6 Headers . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. Translating ICMPv4 Headers into ICMPv6 Headers . . . . . . 10
4.3. Translating ICMPv4 Error Messages into ICMPv6 . . . . . . 13
4.4. Generation of ICMPv4 Error Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.5. Transport-Layer Header Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.6. Knowing When to Translate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Translating from IPv6 to IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.1. Translating IPv6 Headers into IPv4 Headers . . . . . . . . 17
5.1.1. IPv6 Fragment Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2. Translating ICMPv6 Headers into ICMPv4 Headers . . . . . . 20
5.3. Translating ICMPv6 Error Messages into ICMPv4 . . . . . . 22
5.4. Generation of ICMPv6 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.5. Transport-Layer Header Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.6. Knowing When to Translate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6. Special Considerations for ICMPv6 Packet Too Big . . . . . . . 24
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Appendix A. Stateless Translation Workflow Example . . . . . . . 30
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