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RFC 6333
Dual-Stack Lite Broadband Deployments Following IPv4 Exhaustion,August 2011
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updated by:
- RFC 7335
- Authors:
- A. Durand
R. Droms
J. Woodyatt
Y. Lee - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- softwire (int)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6333
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Abstract
This document revisits the dual-stack model and introduces the Dual-Stack Lite technology aimed at better aligning the costs and benefitsof deploying IPv6 in service provider networks. Dual-Stack Liteenables a broadband service provider to share IPv4 addresses amongcustomers by combining two well-known technologies: IP in IP (IPv4-in-IPv6) and Network Address Translation (NAT). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.