Network Address Translators BOF (nat)

Thursday, December 11 at 1300-1500
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Chair: Pyda Srisuresh <suresh@livingston.com>

DESCRIPTION:

Identify areas within Internet effected by NATs and propose guidelines 
and/or solutions to deal with the issues.
        
AGENDA:

1. An overall framework document on what the NAT work group should 
   work towards. The document will cover issues such as 
   (a) what is NAT, how NAT works and (b) how NAT impacts other 
   applications, protocols & concepts.

2. Application of NATs in load sharing.

3. NAT friendly application design guidelines.
              
4. Best Current Practices for NAT implementation, operation, debugging
   and trouble shooting.
        
5. Address problems with NATs with regard to IP multicast applications.

6. Address Network management of NATs and nodes administered by NATs.

7. Role of NATs in the context of Fast IP, IP mobility, IP security 
   and roaming nodes.

8. Interaction of NATs and NAT managed hosts with DNS.
   NATs as a tool to bridge between different routing realms.