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IETF RFC 9872
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Recommendations for Discovering IPv6 Prefix Used for IPv6 Address Synthesis

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IETF
Doc Type
Informational
Pages
10
Abstract
On networks providing IPv4-IPv6 translation (RFC 7915), hosts and other endpoints need to know the IPv6 prefix(es) used for translation (the NAT64 prefix (RFC 6052)). This document provides guidelines for NAT64 prefix discovery, specifically recommending obtaining the NAT64 prefix from the Router Advertisement option (RFC 8781) when available.
Publication Date
2025-09-01
Status Note
Informational
DOI
10.17487/RFC9872
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9872
Author(s)
Nick Buraglio
Tommy Jensen
Jen Linkova
Keyword(s)
IPv6, DNS64, PREF64, NAT64, 464XLAT
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