@misc{rfc3338, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3338, howpublished = {RFC 3338}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3338}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3338}, author = {Yong-Jin Kim and Myung-Ki Shin and Seungyun Lee and Alain Durand and Erik Nordmark}, title = {{Dual Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-API" (BIA)}}, pagetotal = 17, year = 2002, month = oct, abstract = {This document specifies a mechanism of dual stack hosts using a technique called 'Bump-in-the-API'(BIA) which allows for the hosts to communicate with other IPv6 hosts using existing IPv4 applications. The goal of this mechanism is the same as that of the Bump-in-the-stack mechanism {[}BIS{]}, but this mechanism provides the translation method between the IPv4 APIs and IPv6 APIs. Thus, the goal is simply achieved without IP header translation.}, }