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Line 6: In [[Computer_network\|computer networking]], '''Stateless IP/ICMP Translation''' is a mechanism which translates [[IPv6]] packets into [[IPv4]] packets and vice-versa. It was initially drafted in February of 2000 by E. Nordmark of [[Sun Microsystems]] and is described in ~~[[Request_for_Comments\|~~RFC]] 2765 ([[Network Working Group]] at [[Internet_Engineering_Task_Force\|Internet Engineering Task Force]]). Basically SIIT describes a method by which a [[router]] interprets an [[IPv4#Header\|IPv4 header]] and creates a parallel [[IPv6#IPv6_packet\|IPv6 header]] with equivalent information and the inverse equivalent operation of converting an [[IPv6#IPv6_packet\|IPv6 header]] into an [[IPv4#Header\|IPv4 header]]. The actual means of converting an [[IP_address\|IPv4 address]] to an [[IP_address\|IPv6 address]] or vice-versa may vary, and the means by which the routing occurs is described as unspecified in the RFC.

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