rfc-3304

Middlebox Communications (midcom) Protocol Requirements

R. P. Swale, P. A. Mart, P. Sijben, S. Brim, M. Shore

date2002-08 streamIETF areatsv wgmidcom statusINFORMATIONAL pages9 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3304 doi10.17487/RFC3304 errataview

This document specifies the requirements that the Middlebox Commu- nication (midcom) protocol must satisfy in order to meet the needs of applications wishing to influence middlebox function. These requirements were developed with a specific focus on network address translation and firewall middleboxes.