RFC 5508

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RFC 5508 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that specifies requirements and mechanisms related to IP networking, later refined and updated by RFC 6146.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IETF Request for Comments
standards document
appliesTo NAT implementers
network equipment vendors
network operators
area Internet Area NERFINISHED
bcpNumber BCP 148 NERFINISHED
category Best Current Practice
defines NAT behavior to support ICMP-based diagnostics
NAT behavior to support path MTU discovery using ICMP
behavioral requirements for NATs handling ICMP traffic
requirements for ICMP error message handling by NATs
requirements for ICMP query/response handling by NATs
requirements for NAT traversal of ICMP
focusesOn ICMP message processing across NATs
IPv4 NATs
format text
hasURI https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5508
language English
objective ensure consistent NAT behavior for ICMP traffic
improve interoperability of NATs with ICMP
obsoletes none
partOfSeries Request for Comments NERFINISHED
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force
publishedDate 2009-04
publisher RFC Editor NERFINISHED
refinedBy RFC 6146 NERFINISHED
relatedTo ICMP NERFINISHED
IP networking
NAT behavioral requirements
Network Address Translation NERFINISHED
RFC 6146 NERFINISHED
rfcNumber 5508
standardizationLevel Best Current Practice
standardsBody IETF NERFINISHED
status Best Current Practice
stream IETF Stream NERFINISHED
title NAT Behavioral Requirements for ICMP NERFINISHED
type technical specification
updates RFC 4787 NERFINISHED

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RFC 6146 updates RFC 5508