Re: terminology proposal: NAT+PT (or NAT64 ?)

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RJ Atkinson a écrit :

NAT, NAPT, and NAT-PT have been used for some while now to refer
to various sorts of address/port translation within an IPv4-only
network.

Recently, there has been some discussion of network address with
IPv6::IPv4 protocol translation.  Some have referred to that as
NAT-PT also, which can be confusing to some.

I'd like to suggest that when talking about the concept of
translating protocol versions (IPv6 <-> IPv4) in addition
to, or instead of, altering port number or IP address, we
use the short-hand notation "NAT+PT".
Full agreement on the importance of the choice of a non confusing acronym.

Alain Durand proposed in 2002  :
-  NAT64 for IPv6 -> IPv4
-  NAT46 for IPv4 -> IPv6

This has IMO the following advantages :
- different acronyms for IPv6 -> IPv4 and IPv4 -> IPv6 (They are really different in operation and in purpose. IMO NAT64 is necessary, while NAT46 is not and has problems of its own)
- NAT64 is  more intuitive and self explanatory than NAT+PT.

Would you agree on that kind of proposal ?

Regards

Rémi


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