Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)
RFC 7599
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) X. Li
Request for Comments: 7599 C. Bao
Category: Standards Track Tsinghua University
ISSN: 2070-1721 W. Dec, Ed.
O. Troan
Cisco Systems
S. Matsushima
SoftBank Telecom
T. Murakami
IP Infusion
July 2015
Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)
Abstract
This document specifies the solution architecture based on "Mapping
of Address and Port" stateless IPv6-IPv4 Network Address Translation
(NAT64) for providing shared or non-shared IPv4 address connectivity
to and across an IPv6 network.
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,
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
2. Conventions .....................................................4
3. Terminology .....................................................5
4. Architecture ....................................................6
5. Mapping Rules ...................................................8
5.1. Destinations outside the MAP Domain ........................8
6. The IPv6 Interface Identifier ...................................9
7. MAP-T Configuration ............................................10
7.1. MAP CE ....................................................10
7.2. MAP BR ....................................................11
8. MAP-T Packet Forwarding ........................................11
8.1. IPv4 to IPv6 at the CE ....................................11
8.2. IPv6 to IPv4 at the CE ....................................12
8.3. IPv6 to IPv4 at the BR ....................................12
8.4. IPv4 to IPv6 at the BR ....................................13
9. ICMP Handling ..................................................13
10. Fragmentation and Path MTU Discovery ..........................14
10.1. Fragmentation in the MAP Domain ..........................14
10.2. Receiving IPv4 Fragments on the MAP Domain Borders .......14
10.3. Sending IPv4 Fragments to the Outside ....................14
11. NAT44 Considerations ..........................................15
12. Usage Considerations ..........................................15
12.1. EA-Bit Length 0 ..........................................15
12.2. Mesh and Hub-and-Spoke Modes .............................15
12.3. Communication with IPv6 Servers in the MAP-T Domain ......15
12.4. Compatibility with Other NAT64 Solutions .................16
13. Security Considerations .......................................16
14. References ....................................................17
14.1. Normative References .....................................17
14.2. Informative References ...................................18
Appendix A. Examples of MAP-T Translation .........................21
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