--On 14. november 2007 07:46 -0500 RJ Atkinson <rja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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".
Why not just keep the name "NAT-PT" for "NAT-Protocol Translation"?
I've never seen a v4-v4 NAT designated with an acronym with a dash in it.
Harald
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