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RFC 7216: Location Information Server (LIS) Discovery Using IP Addresses and Reverse DNS

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The residential gateway is a device that has become an integral part of home networking equipment. Discovering a Location Information Server (LIS) is a necessary part of acquiring location information for location-based services. However, discovering a LIS when a residential gateway is present poses a configuration challenge, requiring a method that is able to work around the obstacle presented by the gateway. This document describes a solution to this problem. The solution provides alternative domain names as input to the LIS discovery process based on the network addresses assigned to a Device.

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Document ID
RFC7216
Published
April 2014
Authors
M. Thomson; R. Bellis
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rai
Pages
18
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