diff --git a/net/ip.go b/net/ip.go
index ef936c5..def9321 100644
--- a/net/ip.go
+++ b/net/ip.go
@@ -123,20 +123,10 @@ func zoneless(m ma.Multiaddr) ma.Multiaddr {
 	}
 }
 
-var nat64WellKnownPrefix net.IPNet
-
-func init() {
-	_, np, err := net.ParseCIDR("64:ff9b::/96")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	nat64WellKnownPrefix = *np
-}
-
 // IsNAT64IPv4ConvertedIPv6Addr returns whether addr is a well-known prefix "64:ff9b::/96" addr
 // used for NAT64 Translation. See RFC 6052
 func IsNAT64IPv4ConvertedIPv6Addr(addr ma.Multiaddr) bool {
 	c, _ := ma.SplitFirst(addr)
 	return c != nil && c.Protocol().Code == ma.P_IP6 &&
-		nat64WellKnownPrefix.Contains(net.IP(c.RawValue()))
+		inAddrRange(c.RawValue(), nat64)
 }
diff --git a/net/ip_test.go b/net/ip_test.go
index 9aa9954..4d394b7 100644
--- a/net/ip_test.go
+++ b/net/ip_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ func TestIsWellKnownPrefixIPv4ConvertedIPv6Address(t *testing.T) {
 			want:          false,
 			failureReason: "64:ff9b::1 is not well-known prefix",
 		},
+		{
+			addr:          ma.StringCast("/ip6/64:ff9b:1::1:192.0.1.2/tcp/1234"),
+			want:          true,
+			failureReason: "64:ff9b:1::1 is allowed for NAT64 translation",
+		},
 	}
 	for i, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/net/private.go b/net/private.go
index 9f966de..af55c2a 100644
--- a/net/private.go
+++ b/net/private.go
@@ -44,9 +44,22 @@ var unroutableCIDR4 = []string{
 	"255.255.255.255/32",
 }
 var unroutableCIDR6 = []string{
-	"ff00::/8",
+	"ff00::/8",      // multicast
+	"2001:db8::/32", // documentation
 }
 
+var globalUnicast []*net.IPNet
+var globalUnicastCIDR6 = []string{
+	"2000::/3",
+}
+
+var nat64CIDRs = []string{
+	"64:ff9b:1::/48", // RFC 8215
+	"64:ff9b::/96",   // RFC 6052
+}
+
+var nat64 []*net.IPNet
+
 // unResolvableDomains do not resolve to an IP address.
 // Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-use_domain_name#Reserved_domain_names
 var unResolvableDomains = []string{
@@ -82,6 +95,8 @@ func init() {
 	Private6 = parseCIDR(privateCIDR6)
 	Unroutable4 = parseCIDR(unroutableCIDR4)
 	Unroutable6 = parseCIDR(unroutableCIDR6)
+	globalUnicast = parseCIDR(globalUnicastCIDR6)
+	nat64 = parseCIDR(nat64CIDRs)
 }
 
 func parseCIDR(cidrs []string) []*net.IPNet {
@@ -109,7 +124,23 @@ func IsPublicAddr(a ma.Multiaddr) bool {
 			isPublic = !inAddrRange(ip, Private4) && !inAddrRange(ip, Unroutable4)
 		case ma.P_IP6:
 			ip := net.IP(c.RawValue())
-			isPublic = !inAddrRange(ip, Private6) && !inAddrRange(ip, Unroutable6)
+			// IP6 documentation prefix(part of Unroutable6) is a subset of the ip6
+			// global unicast allocation so we ensure that it's not a documentation
+			// prefix by diffing with Unroutable6
+			isPublicUnicastAddr := inAddrRange(ip, globalUnicast) && !inAddrRange(ip, Unroutable6)
+			if isPublicUnicastAddr {
+				isPublic = true
+				return false
+			}
+			// The WellKnown NAT64 prefix(RFC 6052) can only reference a public IPv4
+			// address.
+			// The Local use NAT64 prefix(RFC 8215) can reference private IPv4
+			// addresses. But since the translation from Local use NAT64 prefix to IPv4
+			// address is left to the user we have no way of knowing which IPv4 address
+			// is referenced. We count these as Public addresses because a false
+			// negative for this method here is generally worse than a false positive.
+			isPublic = inAddrRange(ip, nat64)
+			return false
 		case ma.P_DNS, ma.P_DNS4, ma.P_DNS6, ma.P_DNSADDR:
 			dnsAddr := c.Value()
 			isPublic = true
diff --git a/net/private_test.go b/net/private_test.go
index fdc34dd..c76b5db 100644
--- a/net/private_test.go
+++ b/net/private_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ func TestIsPublicAddr(t *testing.T) {
 			isPublic:  false,
 			isPrivate: true,
 		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/ip6/2400::1/tcp/10"),
+			isPublic:  true,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/ip6/2001:db8::42/tcp/10"),
+			isPublic:  false,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/ip6/64:ff9b::1.1.1.1/tcp/10"),
+			isPublic:  true,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for i, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {