A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. BCP 148 RFC 5508 Title: NAT Behavioral Requirements for ICMP Author: P. Srisuresh, B. Ford, S. Sivakumar, S. Guha Status: Best Current Practice Date: April 2009 Mailbox: srisuresh@yahoo.com, baford@mpi-sws.org, ssenthil@cisco.com, saikat@cs.cornell.edu Pages: 29 Characters: 67985 See Also: BCP0148 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-behave-nat-icmp-12.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5508.txt This document specifies the behavioral properties required of the Network Address Translator (NAT) devices in conjunction with the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The objective of this memo is to make NAT devices more predictable and compatible with diverse application protocols that traverse the devices. Companion documents provide behavioral recommendations specific to TCP, UDP, and other protocols. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. This document is a product of the Behavior Engineering for Hindrance Avoidance Working Group of the IETF. BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team USC/Information Sciences Institute _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce