RFC 5245: Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols

This document describes a protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) traversal for UDP-based multimedia sessions established with the offer/answer model.…

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Outgoing relationships (34 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Normative reference — RFC 4091: The Alternative Network Address Types (ANAT) Semantics for the Session Description Protocol (SDP) Grouping Framework
Obsoletes, Normative reference — RFC 4092: Usage of the Session Description Protocol (SDP) Alternative Network Address Types (ANAT) Semantics in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 4566: SDP: Session Description Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 5389: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Normative reference — RFC 5766: Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Normative reference — RFC 3262: Reliability of Provisional Responses in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Normative reference — RFC 3605: Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP) attribute in Session Description Protocol (SDP)
Normative reference — RFC 3556: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Bandwidth Modifiers for RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Bandwidth
Normative reference — RFC 3312: Integration of Resource Management and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Normative reference — RFC 4032: Update to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Preconditions Framework
Normative reference — RFC 5768: Indicating Support for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Informative reference — RFC 3550: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
Informative reference — RFC 3711: The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 2475: An Architecture for Differentiated Services
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 4787: Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for Unicast UDP
Informative reference — RFC 3056: Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
Informative reference — RFC 5761: Multiplexing RTP Data and Control Packets on a Single Port
Informative reference — RFC 5382: NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCP
Informative reference — RFC 3424: IAB Considerations for UNilateral Self-Address Fixing (UNSAF) Across Network Address Translation
Informative reference — RFC 3489: STUN - Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translators (NATs)
Informative reference — RFC 4103: RTP Payload for Text Conversation
Informative reference — RFC 5626: Managing Client-Initiated Connections in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Informative reference — RFC 3725: Best Current Practices for Third Party Call Control (3pcc) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Informative reference — RFC 3303: Middlebox communication architecture and framework
Informative reference — RFC 3389: Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload for Comfort Noise (CN)
Informative reference — RFC 3960: Early Media and Ringing Tone Generation in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Informative reference — RFC 3103: Realm Specific IP: Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3102: Realm Specific IP: Framework
Informative reference — RFC 3235: Network Address Translator (NAT)-Friendly Application Design Guidelines

Incoming relationships (46 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6336: IANA Registry for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) Options
Obsoleted by — RFC 8445: Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) Traversal
Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 8839: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer Procedures for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7350: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) as Transport for Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7983: Multiplexing Scheme Updates for Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) Extension for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6940: REsource LOcation And Discovery (RELOAD) Base Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7478: Web Real-Time Communication Use Cases and Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7675: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) Usage for Consent Freshness
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5770: Basic Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Extensions for Traversal of Network Address Translators
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7345: UDP Transport Layer (UDPTL) over Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7850: Registering Values of the SDP 'proto' Field for Transporting RTP Media over TCP under Various RTP Profiles
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5769: Test Vectors for Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7363: Self-Tuning Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for REsource LOcation And Discovery (RELOAD)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7982: Measurement of Round-Trip Time and Fractional Loss Using Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8016: Mobility with Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7584: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) Message Handling for SIP Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7846: Peer-to-Peer Streaming Tracker Protocol (PPSTP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7904: A SIP Usage for REsource LOcation And Discovery (RELOAD)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5766: Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7201: Options for Securing RTP Sessions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6296: IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7657: Differentiated Services (Diffserv) and Real-Time Communication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5763: Framework for Establishing a Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) Security Context Using Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6555: Happy Eyeballs: Success with Dual-Stack Hosts
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6877: 464XLAT: Combination of Stateful and Stateless Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7022: Guidelines for Choosing RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Canonical Names (CNAMEs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6189: ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Unicast Secure RTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6051: Rapid Synchronisation of RTP Flows
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8261: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Encapsulation of SCTP Packets
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5853: Requirements from Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Session Border Control (SBC) Deployments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6062: Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN) Extensions for TCP Allocations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6263: Application Mechanism for Keeping Alive the NAT Mappings Associated with RTP / RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Flows
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8825: Overview: Real-Time Protocols for Browser-Based Applications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8829: JavaScript Session Establishment Protocol (JSEP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5780: NAT Behavior Discovery Using Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6889: Analysis of Stateful 64 Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6773: DCCP-UDP: A Datagram Congestion Control Protocol UDP Encapsulation for NAT Traversal
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7605: Recommendations on Using Assigned Transport Port Numbers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6947: The Session Description Protocol (SDP) Alternate Connectivity (ALTC) Attribute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6751: Native IPv6 behind IPv4-to-IPv4 NAT Customer Premises Equipment (6a44)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6908: Deployment Considerations for Dual-Stack Lite
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7088: Session Initiation Protocol Service Example -- Music on Hold
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7157: IPv6 Multihoming without Network Address Translation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7295: Report from the IAB/IRTF Workshop on Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Communication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7604: Comparison of Different NAT Traversal Techniques for Media Controlled by the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)