Carrier-Grade NAT

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Network Address Translation technology
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:CGNAT
gptkbp:allocates Shared address space 100.64.0.0/10
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Large_Scale_NAT
gptkbp:alternativeTo Deploying IPv6
gptkbp:category Computer networking
Internet protocols
gptkbp:cause Issues with VPNs
Issues with VoIP
Issues with online gaming
Issues with peer-to-peer applications
Problems with IP-based blacklists
Problems with geolocation
gptkbp:challenge Port management
Logging requirements
Traceability of end users
gptkbp:effect Hides end-user IP addresses from the public Internet
Can break some applications relying on end-to-end connectivity
Complicates inbound connections
gptkbp:enables Multiple customers to share a single public IPv4 address
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carrier-Grade NAT
gptkbp:problemAddressed IPv4 address exhaustion
gptkbp:purpose Conserve IPv4 addresses
gptkbp:relatedStandard gptkb:RFC_6264
gptkb:RFC_6598
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:NAT44
gptkb:NAT64
IPv6 transition
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:IETF
gptkbp:usedBy Internet service providers
gptkbp:uses Private IPv4 address ranges
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:DS-Lite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6