A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5902 Title: IAB Thoughts on IPv6 Network Address Translation Author: D. Thaler, L. Zhang, G. Lebovitz Status: Informational Stream: IAB Date: July 2010 Mailbox: dthaler@microsoft.com, lixia@cs.ucla.edu, gregory.ietf@gmail.com, iab@iab.org Pages: 15 Characters: 37224 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-iab-ipv6-nat-03.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5902.txt There has been much recent discussion on the topic of whether the IETF should develop standards for IPv6 Network Address Translators (NATs). This document articulates the architectural issues raised by IPv6 NATs, the pros and cons of having IPv6 NATs, and provides the IAB's thoughts on the current open issues and the solution space. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 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 Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce