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RFC 6314: NAT Traversal Practices for Client-Server SIP

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Traversal of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the sessions it establishes through Network Address Translators (NATs) is a complex problem. Currently, there are many deployment scenarios and traversal mechanisms for media traffic. This document provides concrete recommendations and a unified method for NAT traversal as well as documents corresponding flows. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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Document ID
RFC6314
Published
July 2011
Authors
C. Boulton; J. Rosenberg; G. Camarillo; F. Audet
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
Pages
60
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