Discovering NAT64 IPv6 Prefixes Using the Port Control Protocol (PCP)
RFC 7225

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                      M. Boucadair
Request for Comments: 7225                                France Telecom
Category: Standards Track                                       May 2014
ISSN: 2070-1721

 Discovering NAT64 IPv6 Prefixes Using the Port Control Protocol (PCP)

Abstract

   This document defines a new Port Control Protocol (PCP) option to
   learn the IPv6 prefix(es) used by a PCP-controlled NAT64 device to
   build IPv4-converted IPv6 addresses.  This option is needed for
   successful communications when IPv4 addresses are used in referrals.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Issues  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       3.2.1.  AAAA Synthesis by the DNS Stub-resolver . . . . . . .   4
       3.2.2.  Application Referrals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  PREFIX64 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  Server's Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.3.  Client's Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   5.  Flow Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.1.  TCP Session Initiated from an IPv6-only Host  . . . . . .  10
     5.2.  SIP Flow Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     5.3.  Mapping of IPv4 Address Ranges to IPv6 Prefixes . . . . .  13
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

1.  Introduction

   According to [RFC6146], NAT64 uses Pref64::/n to construct
   IPv4-converted IPv6 addresses as defined in [RFC6052].

   This document defines a new Port Control Protocol (PCP) option
   [RFC6887] to inform PCP clients about the Pref64::/n and suffix
   [RFC6052] used by a PCP-controlled NAT64 device [RFC6146].  It does
   so by defining a new PREFIX64 option.

   This PCP option is a deterministic solution to help establish
   communications between IPv6-only hosts and remote IPv4-only hosts.
   Unlike [RFC7050], this option solves all the issues identified in
   [RFC7051].

   Some illustrative examples are provided in Section 5.  Detailed
   experiments conducted to assess the applicability of the PREFIX64
   option for services (e.g., accessing a video server, establishing
   SIP-based sessions, etc.) in NAT64 environments are available in
   [EXPERIMENTS].

   The use of this PCP option for NAT64 load-balancing purposes is out
   of scope.

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2.  Requirements Language