[v6ops] Re: Call for adoption: draft-palet-v6ops-rfc6146-bis-03 (Ends 2026-02-13)

[Gábor LENCSE <[e-mail]>]

Dear All,

I support the adoption of this draft. Stateful NAT64 is an important 
IPv6 transition technology, and, IMHO, the specification is mature, and 
it should be elevated to Internet Standard status.
Stateful NAT64 can be used with DNS64 to enable IPv6-only hosts 
communicate with IPv4-only servers.
Stateful NAT64 can also be used as the PLAT part of the 464XLAT 
IPv4-as-a-Service technology, too.

I admit that stateful NAT64 may have scalability issues, but is has some 
other advantages e.g., port number efficiency. For its advantages and 
disadvantages please refer to RFC 9313.

Best regards,

Gábor


23/01/2026 16:32 keltezéssel, Nick Buraglio via Datatracker írta:
> This message starts a v6ops WG Call for Adoption of:
> draft-palet-v6ops-rfc6146-bis-03
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> This Working Group Call for Adoption ends on 2026-02-13
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> Abstract:
>     This document describes stateful NAT64 translation, which allows
>     IPv6-only clients to contact IPv4 servers using unicast UDP, TCP, or
>     ICMP.  One or more public IPv4 addresses assigned to a NAT64
>     translator are shared among several IPv6-only clients.  When stateful
>     NAT64 is used in conjunction with DNS64, no changes are usually
>     required in the IPv6 client or the IPv4 server.
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