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Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)

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Network Working Group                                     E. Nordmark
Request for Comments: 2765                           Sun Microsystems
Category: Standards Track                               February 2000


             Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document specifies a transition mechanism algorithm in addition
   to the mechanisms already specified in [TRANS-MECH].  The algorithm
   translates between IPv4 and IPv6 packet headers (including ICMP
   headers) in separate translator "boxes" in the network without
   requiring any per-connection state in those "boxes".  This new
   algorithm can be used as part of a solution that allows IPv6 hosts,
   which do not have a permanently assigned IPv4 addresses, to
   communicate with IPv4-only hosts.  The document neither specifies
   address assignment nor routing to and from the IPv6 hosts when they
   communicate with the IPv4-only hosts.

Acknowledgements

   This document is a product of the NGTRANS working group.  Some text
   has been extracted from an old Internet Draft titled "IPAE: The SIPP
   Interoperability and Transition Mechanism" authored by R. Gilligan,
   E. Nordmark, and B. Hinden.  George Tsirtsis provides the figures for
   Section 1.  Keith Moore provided a careful review of the document.












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