6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels

Metadata

Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Specification
Pages: 12
Abstract: 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels (6to4-PMT) provide a framework that can help manage 6to4 tunnels operating in an anycast configuration. The 6to4-PMT framework is intended to serve as an option for operators to help improve the experience of 6to4 operation when conditions of the network may provide sub-optimal performance or break normal 6to4 operation. 6to4-PMT supplies a stable provider prefix and forwarding environment by utilizing existing 6to4 relays with an added function of IPv6 Prefix Translation. This operation may be particularly important in NAT444 infrastructures where a customer endpoint may be assigned a non-RFC1918 address, thus breaking the return path for anycast-based 6to4 operation. 6to4-PMT has been successfully used in a production network, implemented as open source code, and implemented by a major routing vendor. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Status Note: Historic
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6732
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732
Author(s): Victor Kuarsingh
Yiu Lee
Olivier Vautrin
Keyword(s): 6to4

Latest version of IETF RFC 6732

Document Versions — IETF RFC 6732

▶ IETF RFC 6732 (2012-09-01)

THIS DOC [SUPERSEDED] [LATEST VERSION]

Superseded by:

IETF RFC 7526 [Active*]

Normative Reference(s)

IETF RFC 3056 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3068 [Superseded*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

IETF RFC 1981 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3022 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4291 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4443 [Active*]
RFC5969 — RFC5969 EXTERNAL
RFC6169 — RFC6169 EXTERNAL
RFC6264 — RFC6264 EXTERNAL
RFC6296 — RFC6296 EXTERNAL
RFC6333 — RFC6333 EXTERNAL
RFC6343 — RFC6343 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6598 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6724 [Active*]

Source Data (JSON)

Full registry record with provenance metadata. Open directly: /api/doc/RFC6732.json

Reference Tree

Explore all references and references to this document, as a navigable tree.

Open Reference Tree

Reference this Doc

Plain text (ISO 690 compliant)

Preview:

IETF RFC 6732, 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels. Available at https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732

Snippet:

IETF RFC 6732, 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels. Available at https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732

HTML (ISO 690 compliant)

Preview:

IETF RFC 6732, 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels. Available at https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732

Snippet:

<span class="citation"><cite>IETF RFC 6732</cite>, 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels. Available at <a href="https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732</a></span>

SMPTE's HTML Pub

Preview:

IETF RFC 6732, 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels
doi: 10.17487/RFC6732
url: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6732

Snippet:

<li>
<cite id="bib-rfc6732">IETF RFC 6732</cite>, 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnels
<span class="doi">10.17487/RFC6732</span>
</li>

Referenced By

IETF RFC 7526 [Active*]