RFC 6537: Host Identity Protocol Distributed Hash Table Interface
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document specifies a common interface for using the Host Identity Protocol (HIP) with a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) service to provide a name-to-Host-Identity-Tag lookup service and a Host- Identity-Tag-to-address lookup service. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6537
- Published
- February 2012
- Authors
- J. Ahrenholz
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- IRTF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 20
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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