cmoshos@NRI.Reston.VA.US (Candice Moshos) (04/17/91)
Archive-name: internet/route/draft-tsuchiya-addrtrans/1991-04-16
Archive: nnsc.nsf.net:/internet-drafts/draft-tsuchiya-addrtrans* [192.31.103.6]
Original-posting-by: cmoshos@NRI.Reston.VA.US (Candice Moshos)
Original-subject: ID ACTION:draft-tsuchiya-addrtrans-00.txt, .ps
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)
A New Internet Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
Title : The IP Network Address Translator (Nat):
Preliminary Design
Author(s) : Paul Tsuchiya
Filename : draft-tsuchiya-addrtrans-00.txt, .ps
***Please note that the .txt version does not include figures.***
The two most compelling problems facing the IP Internet are IP address
depletion and scaling in routing. This paper discusses the
characteristics of one of the proposed solutions-address reuse. The
solution is to place Network Address Translators (Nat) at the borders
of stub domains. Each Nat box has a small pool of globally unique IP
addresses that are dynamically assigned to IP flows going through Nat.
The dynamic assignment is coordinated with the Domain Name Servers.
The IP addresses inside the stub domain are not globally unique-they
are reused in other domains, thus solving the address depletion
problem. The pool of IP addresses in Nat is from a subnet administered
by the regional backbone, thus solving the scaling problem. The main
advantage of Nat is that it can be installed without changes to
routers or hosts. This paper presents a preliminary design for Nat,
and discusses its pros and cons.
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