RFC 6535: Dual-Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-Host" (BIH)

Bump-in-the-Host (BIH) is a host-based IPv4 to IPv6 protocol translation mechanism that allows a class of IPv4-only applications that work through NATs to…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 2767: Dual Stack Hosts using the "Bump-In-the-Stack" Technique (BIS)
Obsoletes — RFC 3338: Dual Stack Hosts Using "Bump-in-the-API" (BIA)

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8305: Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using Concurrency
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8683: Additional Deployment Guidelines for NAT64/464XLAT in Operator and Enterprise Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7445: Analysis of Failure Cases in IPv6 Roaming Scenarios
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7849: An IPv6 Profile for 3GPP Mobile Devices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7600: IPv4 Residual Deployment via IPv6 - A Stateless Solution (4rd)