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RFC 6156: Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN) Extension for IPv6

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8656.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 8656 — Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document adds IPv6 support to Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN). IPv6 support in TURN includes IPv4-to-IPv6, IPv6-to-IPv6, and IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying. This document defines the REQUESTED- ADDRESS-FAMILY attribute for TURN. The REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY attribute allows a client to explicitly request the address type the TURN server will allocate (e.g., an IPv4-only node may request the TURN server to allocate an IPv6 address). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC6156
Published
April 2011
Authors
G. Camarillo; O. Novo; S. Perreault
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
14
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 8656

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 5766 (2010)
  2. RFC 6156 (2011)
  3. RFC 8656 (2020) ✓

Read the full history of Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) →

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