RFC 5508
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RFC 5508 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that specifies requirements and mechanisms related to IP networking, later refined and updated by RFC 6146.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 5508 canonical | 4 |
| RFC 5508 title NAT Behavioral Requirements for ICMP | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5770832 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 5508 Context triple: [RFC 6146, updates, RFC 5508]
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A.
RFC 5308
RFC 5308 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification that extends the IS-IS routing protocol to support IPv6 addressing and routing.
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B.
RFC 5382
RFC 5382 is an IETF specification that defines Network Address Translation (NAT) behavioral requirements for TCP to improve application compatibility and interoperability across NAT devices.
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C.
RFC 5338
RFC 5338 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document that specified an earlier approach to managing the IANA IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registry before being superseded by a later standard.
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D.
RFC 858
RFC 858 is an early Internet standard that defines the Telnet protocol’s status option, specifying how a Telnet client and server can exchange information about their current status.
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E.
RFC 1908
RFC 1908 is an older Internet standards document related to network management that was later superseded by RFC 3410.
- 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 5508 Target entity description: RFC 5508 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that specifies requirements and mechanisms related to IP networking, later refined and updated by RFC 6146.
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A.
RFC 5308
RFC 5308 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification that extends the IS-IS routing protocol to support IPv6 addressing and routing.
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B.
RFC 5382
RFC 5382 is an IETF specification that defines Network Address Translation (NAT) behavioral requirements for TCP to improve application compatibility and interoperability across NAT devices.
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C.
RFC 5338
RFC 5338 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document that specified an earlier approach to managing the IANA IPv6 Special-Purpose Address Registry before being superseded by a later standard.
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D.
RFC 858
RFC 858 is an early Internet standard that defines the Telnet protocol’s status option, specifying how a Telnet client and server can exchange information about their current status.
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E.
RFC 1908
RFC 1908 is an older Internet standards document related to network management that was later superseded by RFC 3410.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF Request for Comments
ⓘ
standards document ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
NAT implementers
ⓘ
network equipment vendors ⓘ network operators ⓘ |
| area | Internet Area ⓘ |
| bcpNumber | BCP 148 ⓘ |
| category | Best Current Practice ⓘ |
| defines |
NAT behavior to support ICMP-based diagnostics
ⓘ
NAT behavior to support path MTU discovery using ICMP ⓘ behavioral requirements for NATs handling ICMP traffic ⓘ requirements for ICMP error message handling by NATs ⓘ requirements for ICMP query/response handling by NATs ⓘ requirements for NAT traversal of ICMP ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ICMP message processing across NATs
ⓘ
IPv4 NATs ⓘ |
| format | text ⓘ |
| hasURI | https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5508 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| objective |
ensure consistent NAT behavior for ICMP traffic
ⓘ
improve interoperability of NATs with ICMP ⓘ |
| obsoletes | none ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Request for Comments
ⓘ
linked to:
RFCs
|
| publishedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| publishedDate | 2009-04 ⓘ |
| publisher | RFC Editor ⓘ |
| refinedBy | RFC 6146 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ICMP
ⓘ
IP networking ⓘ NAT behavioral requirements ⓘ Network Address Translation ⓘ RFC 6146 ⓘ |
| rfcNumber | 5508 ⓘ |
| standardizationLevel | Best Current Practice ⓘ |
| standardsBody |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| status | Best Current Practice ⓘ |
| stream | IETF Stream ⓘ |
| title | NAT Behavioral Requirements for ICMP ⓘ |
| type | technical specification ⓘ |
| updates | RFC 4787 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RFC 5508 Description of subject: RFC 5508 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that specifies requirements and mechanisms related to IP networking, later refined and updated by RFC 6146.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: RFC 5508