Title :
Network Address Translation: Extending the Internet Address Space
Author_Institution :
Cisco
Abstract :
Network Address Translation (NAT) and Network Address and Port Translation (NAPT) are widely used to separate networks and share IPv4 addresses. They´re valuable tools for network administrators and help with the imminent exhaustion of IPv4 address space and the transition to IPv6. This article surveys recent standardization efforts in this area.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; computer network management; IPv4 address space; Internet; network address; network address translation; network administrators; port translation; IP networks; Network address translation; Standardization; IPv4; IPv6; IPv6 transition; NAT; NAT44; NAT64; Network Address Translation; translation;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2010.96
