RFC 4787
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RFC 4787 is an IETF standards document that specifies behavioral requirements for network address translation (NAT) devices handling unicast UDP traffic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 4787 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5770830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 4787 Context triple: [RFC 6146, updates, RFC 4787]
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A.
RFC 4347
RFC 4347 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification that introduces Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), a protocol providing TLS-like security over unreliable datagram transports such as UDP.
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B.
RFC 2487
RFC 2487 is an Internet standards document that originally defined the STARTTLS extension for securing SMTP connections with TLS, later superseded by RFC 3207.
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C.
RFC 3947
RFC 3947 is an IETF standard that specifies how to detect and negotiate IPsec NAT Traversal (NAT-T) using IKE.
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D.
RFC 6147
RFC 6147 is an IETF standard that specifies DNS64, a mechanism for synthesizing IPv6 addresses from IPv4 DNS records to enable IPv6-only hosts to communicate with IPv4 servers.
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E.
RFC 4741
RFC 4741 is the original IETF specification that defines the NETCONF network configuration protocol for managing network devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 4787 Target entity description: RFC 4787 is an IETF standards document that specifies behavioral requirements for network address translation (NAT) devices handling unicast UDP traffic.
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A.
RFC 4347
RFC 4347 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification that introduces Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), a protocol providing TLS-like security over unreliable datagram transports such as UDP.
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B.
RFC 2487
RFC 2487 is an Internet standards document that originally defined the STARTTLS extension for securing SMTP connections with TLS, later superseded by RFC 3207.
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C.
RFC 3947
RFC 3947 is an IETF standard that specifies how to detect and negotiate IPsec NAT Traversal (NAT-T) using IKE.
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D.
RFC 6147
RFC 6147 is an IETF standard that specifies DNS64, a mechanism for synthesizing IPv6 addresses from IPv4 DNS records to enable IPv6-only hosts to communicate with IPv4 servers.
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E.
RFC 4741
RFC 4741 is the original IETF specification that defines the NETCONF network configuration protocol for managing network devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF RFC
ⓘ
standards document ⓘ |
| addresses |
ICMP handling by NATs
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NAT hairpinning support ⓘ NAT mapping and filtering consistency ⓘ NAT traversal issues for UDP ⓘ fragmentation handling by NATs ⓘ interoperability of NATs with UDP-based applications ⓘ port preservation behavior ⓘ |
| appliesTo | IPv4 NAT ⓘ |
| area | Transport ⓘ |
| BCPNumber | BCP 127 ⓘ |
| category | Best Current Practice ⓘ |
| defines |
behavioral requirements for NAT devices
ⓘ
requirements for endpoint-independent filtering ⓘ requirements for endpoint-independent mapping ⓘ requirements for hairpinning behavior ⓘ requirements for port assignment behavior ⓘ requirements for timer handling for UDP mappings ⓘ terminology for NAT behaviors ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
NAT behavioral requirements
ⓘ
Network Address Translation ⓘ unicast UDP traffic ⓘ |
| goal |
improve interoperability of NATs with UDP applications
ⓘ
standardize NAT behavior for unicast UDP ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
RFC 5382
ⓘ
RFC 5508 ⓘ RFC 7857 ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
designers of NAT devices
ⓘ
implementers of NAT devices ⓘ network operators ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | RFC 7857 ⓘ |
| obsoletes | none ⓘ |
| protocol | UDP ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| publisher | RFC Editor ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
RFC 5382
ⓘ
RFC 5508 ⓘ RFC 7857 ⓘ |
| scope | unicast traffic ⓘ |
| series |
Request for Comments
ⓘ
linked to:
RFCs
|
| status | Best Current Practice ⓘ |
| stream |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| title | Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for Unicast UDP ⓘ |
| updatesBehaviorOf | NAT devices ⓘ |
| workingGroup |
BEHAVE
ⓘ
linked to:
Behave
Behavior Engineering for Hindrance Avoidance (BEHAVE) ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RFC 4787 Description of subject: RFC 4787 is an IETF standards document that specifies behavioral requirements for network address translation (NAT) devices handling unicast UDP traffic.
Referenced by (4)
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