RFC 6760: Requirements for a Protocol to Replace the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
One of the goals of the authors of Multicast DNS (mDNS) and DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) was to retire AppleTalk and the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP) and to replace them with an IP-based solution. This document presents a brief overview of the capabilities of AppleTalk NBP and outlines the properties required of an IP-based replacement.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6760
- Published
- February 2013
- Authors
- S. Cheshire; M. Krochmal
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 16
- Also known as
- —
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