Teredo
E23864
Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teredo canonical | 4 |
| Teredo client | 2 |
| Teredo relay | 2 |
| 6to4 | 1 |
| Teredo host-specific relay | 1 |
| Teredo server | 1 |
| Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T187716 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teredo Context triple: [Internet Protocol version 6, usesTransitionMechanism, Teredo]
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A.
TUN
TUN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Tunisia.
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B.
Internet Protocol version 6
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the modern Internet addressing and routing protocol designed to replace IPv4 by providing a vastly larger address space and improved network efficiency and security features.
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C.
TFTP
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
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D.
ICMP
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is a core network-layer protocol used primarily for sending error messages and operational information, such as in tools like ping and traceroute, within IP networks.
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E.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teredo Target entity description: Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
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A.
TUN
TUN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Tunisia.
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B.
Internet Protocol version 6
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the modern Internet addressing and routing protocol designed to replace IPv4 by providing a vastly larger address space and improved network efficiency and security features.
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C.
TFTP
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.
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D.
ICMP
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is a core network-layer protocol used primarily for sending error messages and operational information, such as in tools like ping and traceroute, within IP networks.
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E.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IPv6 transition mechanism
ⓘ
tunneling protocol ⓘ |
| addressPrefix | 2001:0000::/32 ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
Teredo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
6to4
NAT64 ⓘ
surface form:
DS-Lite
ISATAP ⓘ NAT64 ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
IPv6 transition technologies
ⓘ
network tunneling protocols ⓘ |
| canBeDisabledOn | Windows operating systems ⓘ |
| canTraverse |
cone NAT
ⓘ
port-restricted cone NAT ⓘ restricted cone NAT ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 4380 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Christian Huitema ⓘ |
| designedFor | IPv4 networks with NAT ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| enables | IPv6 connectivity over IPv4 ⓘ |
| encapsulates | IPv6 packets in IPv4 UDP datagrams ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Teredo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Teredo client
Teredo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Teredo host-specific relay
Teredo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Teredo relay
Teredo server ⓘ |
| hasLimitation | limited support for symmetric NAT ⓘ |
| hasSecurityConcern |
difficult traffic inspection
ⓘ
potential IPv6 traffic bypassing IPv4 firewalls ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Windows 7 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Windows XP
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows XP SP2
|
| nameOrigin | named after the Teredo navalis shipworm ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | RFC 5991 ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer | network layer ⓘ |
| requires |
Teredo relay to reach native IPv6 hosts
ⓘ
public Teredo server ⓘ |
| runsOverProtocol | IPv4 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| status | deprecated in many environments ⓘ |
| supports | IPv6 connectivity for NATed hosts ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | IPv6 ⓘ |
| useCase |
providing IPv6 connectivity to IPv4-only home users
ⓘ
transition from IPv4 to IPv6 ⓘ |
| uses | UDP encapsulation ⓘ |
| usesAddressType | IPv6 Teredo address ⓘ |
| usesMechanism | automatic tunneling ⓘ |
| usesPort | UDP port 3544 ⓘ |
| worksThrough | NAT devices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Teredo Description of subject: Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Teredo client
this entity surface form:
Teredo relay
this entity surface form:
Teredo host-specific relay
this entity surface form:
6to4
this entity surface form:
Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs)
this entity surface form:
Teredo client
this entity surface form:
Teredo server
this entity surface form:
Teredo relay