Port Control Protocol (PCP)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 88
Abstract: The Port Control Protocol allows an IPv6 or IPv4 host to control how incoming IPv6 or IPv4 packets are translated and forwarded by a Network Address Translator (NAT) or simple firewall, and also allows a host to optimize its outgoing NAT keepalive messages.
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6887
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6887
Author(s): Dan Wing
Stuart Cheshire
Mohamed Boucadair
Reinaldo Penno
Paul Selkirk
Keyword(s): NAT, Firewalls

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Normative Reference(s)

IANA, "Protocol Numbers", 2011, < http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 768 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2827 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4086 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4193 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4291 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5226 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6056 [Active*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Stewart, R., Tuexen, M., and I. Ruengeler, "Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Network Address Translation", Work in Progress, February 2013. EXTERNAL
Boucadair, M., Penno, R., and D. Wing, "Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Internet Gateway Device (IGD)- Port Control Protocol (PCP) Interworking Function", Work in Progress, December 2012. EXTERNAL
Miles, D. and M. Townsley, "Layer2-Aware NAT" , Work in Progress, March 2009. EXTERNAL
UPnP Gateway Committee, "WANIPConnection:1", November 2001, < http://upnp.org/specs/gw/ UPnP-gw-WANIPConnection-v1-Service.pdf >. EXTERNAL
Boucadair, M., Dupont, F., and R. Penno, "Port Control Protocol (PCP) Failure Scenarios", Work in Progress, August 2012. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 793 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1918 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2136 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3007 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3022 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3581 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3587 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4303 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4340 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4787 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4941 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4960 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4961 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5382 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6092 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6145 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6146 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6296 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6333 [Active*]
RFC6619 — RFC6619 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6763 [Active*]
RFC6886 — RFC6886 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6888 [Active*]

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