IPv4 Run-Out and IPv4-IPv6 Co-Existence Scenarios
RFC 6127
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(May 2011; No errata)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Arkko
Request for Comments: 6127 Ericsson
Category: Informational M. Townsley
ISSN: 2070-1721 Cisco
May 2011
IPv4 Run-Out and IPv4-IPv6 Co-Existence Scenarios
Abstract
When IPv6 was designed, it was expected that the transition from IPv4
to IPv6 would occur more smoothly and expeditiously than experience
has revealed. The growth of the IPv4 Internet and predicted
depletion of the free pool of IPv4 address blocks on a foreseeable
horizon has highlighted an urgent need to revisit IPv6 deployment
models. This document provides an overview of deployment scenarios
with the goal of helping to understand what types of additional tools
the industry needs to assist in IPv4 and IPv6 co-existence and
transition.
This document was originally created as input to the Montreal co-
existence interim meeting in October 2008, which led to the
rechartering of the Behave and Softwire working groups to take on new
IPv4 and IPv6 co-existence work. This document is published as a
historical record of the thinking at the time, but hopefully will
also help readers understand the rationale behind current IETF tools
for co-existence and transition.
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/rfc6127.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Scenarios .......................................................4
2.1. Reaching the IPv4 Internet .................................4
2.1.1. NAT444 ..............................................5
2.1.2. Distributed NAT .....................................6
2.1.3. Recommendation ......................................8
2.2. Running Out of IPv4 Private Address Space ..................9
2.3. Enterprise IPv6-Only Networks .............................11
2.4. Reaching Private IPv4-Only Servers ........................13
2.5. Reaching IPv6-Only Servers ................................14
3. Security Considerations ........................................16
4. Conclusions ....................................................16
5. References .....................................................17
5.1. Normative References ......................................17
5.2. Informative References ....................................17
Appendix A. Acknowledgments .......................................20
1. Introduction
This document was originally created as input to the Montreal
co-existence interim meeting in October 2008, which led to the
rechartering of the Behave and Softwire working groups to take on new
IPv4 and IPv6 co-existence work. This document is published as a
historical record of the thinking at the time, but hopefully will
also help readers understand the rationale behind current IETF tools
for co-existence and transition.
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