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RFC 6535: Dual-Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-Host" (BIH)

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Bump-in-the-Host (BIH) is a host-based IPv4 to IPv6 protocol translation mechanism that allows a class of IPv4-only applications that work through NATs to communicate with IPv6-only peers. The host on which applications are running may be connected to IPv6-only or dual-stack access networks. BIH hides IPv6 and makes the IPv4-only applications think they are talking with IPv4 peers by local synthesis of IPv4 addresses. This document obsoletes RFC 2767 and RFC 3338. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC6535
Published
February 2012
Authors
B. Huang; H. Deng; T. Savolainen
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
25
Also known as
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Obsoletes:
RFC 2767, RFC 3338

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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 2767 (2000)
  2. RFC 3338 (2002)
  3. RFC 6535 (2012)

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