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https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5245.txt

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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 4091, RFC 4092

Updated by:

RFC 6336

Author:

J. Rosenberg

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mmusic (rai)

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DOI:  10.17487/RFC5245

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Abstract

This document describes a protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) traversal for UDP-based multimedia sessions established with the offer/answer model. This protocol is called Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE). ICE makes use of the Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) protocol and its extension, Traversal Using Relay NAT (TURN). ICE can be used by any protocol utilizing the offer/answer model, such as the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.

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