metasystema.org
UpdatedPROPOSED STANDARDIETF stream

RFC 2165: Service Location Protocol

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 2608, RFC 2609. Read both.

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

The Service Location Protocol provides a scalable framework for the discovery and selection of network services. Using this protocol, computers using the Internet no longer need so much static configuration of network services for network based applications. This is especially important as computers become more portable, and users less tolerant or able to fulfill the demands of network system administration. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2165
Published
June 1997
Authors
J. Veizades; E. Guttman; C. Perkins; S. Kaplan
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
72
Also known as
—
Updated by:
RFC 2608, RFC 2609

Topics

Referenced by

2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

Related documents

Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.

Also filed under

About this page

The document record above — title, authors, date, status, stream, area, relationships, DOI and errata — is imported verbatim from the public RFC Editor index. The “in plain English” section is editorial: written by The metasystema editorial team, not part of the RFC. Where the two differ, the RFC text governs.

Last checked against the RFC Editor index on . RFCs are never revised after publication; changes are issued as new documents.

Data sources · Editorial policy · Report a correction · What is an RFC?

canonical URL: /rfc/2165-service-location-protocol