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    Network address translation (NAT) is a method of mapping an IP address space into another by modifying network address information in the IP header of...
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  • Network Address Port Translation + Protocol Translation, which is also described in RFC 2766, adds translation of the ports as well as the address. This...
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  • Address translation or address resolution may refer to: Network address translation Address Resolution Protocol or ARP, a computer networking protocol...
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    IPv4 (redirect from IPv4 network address)
    communicate with public networks, but require network address translation at a routing gateway for this purpose. Since two private networks, e.g., two branch...
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  • Network address translation traversal is a computer networking technique of establishing and maintaining Internet Protocol connections across gateways...
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    Protocol version 6 address (IPv6 address) is a numeric label that is used to identify and locate a network interface of a computer or a network node participating...
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    Carrier-grade NAT (category Network address translation)
    a type of network address translation (NAT) used by ISPs in IPv4 network design. With CGNAT, end sites, in particular residential networks, are configured...
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    in creating and adopting several new technologies, including network address translation (NAT), Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) in 1993, and IPv6...
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  • In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a network host, peripheral device, disk sector, a...
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  • communication between IPv6 and IPv4 hosts by using a form of network address translation (NAT). The NAT64 gateway is a translator between IPv4 and IPv6...
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  • IP address (VIP or VIPA) is an IP address that does not correspond to a physical network interface. Uses for VIPs include network address translation (especially...
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  • Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as 192.0.2.1 that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet...
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    IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation (NPTv6) is a specification for IPv6 to achieve address-independence at the network edge, similar to network address translation...
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    Port forwarding (category Network address translation)
    In computer networking, port forwarding or port mapping is an application of network address translation (NAT) that redirects a communication request from...
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  • A MAC address (short for medium access control address or media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller...
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  • or both are behind firewalls or behind routers that use network address translation (NAT). To punch a hole, each client connects to an unrestricted third-party...
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    In computer networking, IP address spoofing or IP spoofing is the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) packets with a false source IP address, for the purpose...
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  • UDP hole punching (category Computer network security)
    UDP hole punching is a commonly used technique employed in network address translation (NAT) applications for maintaining User Datagram Protocol (UDP)...
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  • (sometimes NAT punch-through) in computer networking occurs when two hosts behind a network address translation (NAT) are trying to connect to each other...
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  • STUN (category Network address translation)
    (UDP) through Network Address Translators) is a standardized set of methods, including a network protocol, for traversal of network address translator (NAT)...
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  • address translation, allows a single public IP address to be used by many hosts on a private network Network address translation, transceiving network traffic...
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    IPv6 (redirect from IPv4-compatible address)
    address, the IPv4 LAN addresses are translated into the public facing IPv6 address using NAT64, a network address translation (NAT) mechanism. Some ISPs...
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  • NAT Port Mapping Protocol (category Network address translation)
    NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) is a network protocol for establishing network address translation (NAT) settings and port forwarding configurations...
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  • Netfilter (category Free network-related software)
    filtering, network address translation, and port translation, which provide the functionality required for directing packets through a network and prohibiting...
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  • In Internet networking, a private network is a computer network that uses a private address space of IP addresses. These addresses are commonly used for...
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    the internal network structure of a company secret by using network address translation, which can help the security of the internal network. This makes...
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    communicate with public networks, but require network address translation at a routing gateway for this purpose. Since two private networks, e.g., two branch...
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    IPv4 addresses among several users without using stateful network address translation in the carrier network. Normal routing uses the IPv4 address only...
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  • time taken to access a user memory location. It can be called an address-translation cache. It is a part of the chip's memory-management unit (MMU). A...
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  • IPv6 transit over an IPv4 network link when network address translation masquerades a private network with a single IP address that may change frequently...
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