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Dual Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-API" (BIA)

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Network Working Group                                             S. Lee
Request for Comments: 3338                                     M-K. Shin
Category: Experimental                                          Y-J. Kim
                                                                    ETRI
                                                             E. Nordmark
                                                               A. Durand
                                                        Sun Microsystems
                                                            October 2002


             Dual Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-API" (BIA)

Status of this Memo

   This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
   community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
   Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

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, but this mechanism provides the translation method
   between the IPv4 APIs and IPv6 APIs.  Thus, the goal is simply
   achieved without IP header translation.



















Lee, et al.                   Experimental
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