NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP)
RFC 6886
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(April 2013; Errata)
Was draft-cheshire-nat-pmp (individual)
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Authors | Stuart Cheshire , Marc Krochmal | ||
Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
Stream | ISE | ||
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Independent Submission S. Cheshire Request for Comments: 6886 M. Krochmal Category: Informational Apple Inc. ISSN: 2070-1721 April 2013 NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) Abstract This document describes a protocol for automating the process of creating Network Address Translation (NAT) port mappings. Included in the protocol is a method for retrieving the external IPv4 address of a NAT gateway, thus allowing a client to make its external IPv4 address and port known to peers that may wish to communicate with it. From 2005 onwards, this protocol was implemented in Apple products including Mac OS X, Bonjour for Windows, and AirPort wireless base stations. In 2013, NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) was superseded by the IETF Standards Track RFC "Port Control Protocol (PCP)", which builds on NAT-PMP and uses a compatible packet format, but adds a number of significant enhancements. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other RFC stream. The RFC Editor has chosen to publish this document at its discretion and makes no statement about its value for implementation or deployment. Documents approved for publication by the RFC Editor are not 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/rfc6886. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Cheshire & Krochmal Informational [Page 1] RFC 6886 NAT-PMP April 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 1.1. Transition to Port Control Protocol ........................4 2. Conventions and Terminology Used in This Document ...............5 3. Protocol and Packet Format ......................................5 3.1. Requests and Responses .....................................6 3.2. Determining the External Address ...........................7 3.3. Requesting a Mapping ......................................10 3.4. Destroying a Mapping ......................................13 3.5. Result Codes ..............................................14 3.6. Seconds Since Start of Epoch ..............................16 3.7. Recreating Mappings on NAT Gateway Reboot .................16 3.8. NAT Gateways with NAT Function Disabled ...................18 3.9. All Mappings Are Bidirectional ............................19 4. UNSAF Considerations ...........................................20 4.1. Scope .....................................................20 4.2. Transition Plan ...........................................20 4.3. Failure Cases .............................................21 4.4. Long-Term Solution ........................................23 4.5. Existing Deployed NATs ....................................23 5. Security Considerations ........................................23 6. IANA Considerations ............................................24 7. Acknowledgments ................................................24 8. Deployment History .............................................25 9. Noteworthy Features of NAT Port Mapping Protocol and PCP .......26 9.1. Simplicity ................................................27 9.2. Focused Scope .............................................27 9.3. Efficiency ................................................27 9.4. Atomic Allocation Operations ..............................29 9.5. Garbage Collection ........................................29 9.6. State Change Announcements ................................30 9.7. Soft State Recovery .......................................31 9.8. On-Path NAT Discovery .....................................31 10. References ....................................................32 10.1. Normative References .....................................32 10.2. Informative References ...................................32 Cheshire & Krochmal Informational [Page 2]Show full document text