RFC 6967: Analysis of Potential Solutions for Revealing a Host Identifier (HOST_ID) in Shared Address Deployments

This document is a collection of potential solutions for revealing a host identifier (denoted as HOST_ID) when a Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) or application…

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Outgoing relationships (13 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT)
Normative reference — RFC 6056: Recommendations for Transport-Protocol Port Randomization
Informative reference — RFC 6146: Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
Informative reference — RFC 6269: Issues with IP Address Sharing
Informative reference — RFC 2753: A Framework for Policy-based Admission Control
Informative reference — RFC 5201: Host Identity Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6346: The Address plus Port (A+P) Approach to the IPv4 Address Shortage
Informative reference — RFC 1413: Identification Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6302: Logging Recommendations for Internet-Facing Servers
Informative reference — RFC 6864: Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field
Informative reference — RFC 6889: Analysis of Stateful 64 Translation
Informative reference — RFC 6462: Report from the Internet Privacy Workshop

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9099: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7269: NAT64 Deployment Options and Experience
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7620: Scenarios with Host Identification Complications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7974: An Experimental TCP Option for Host Identification