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RFC 7788: Home Networking Control Protocol

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This document describes the Home Networking Control Protocol (HNCP), an extensible configuration protocol, and a set of requirements for home network devices. HNCP is described as a profile of and extension to the Distributed Node Consensus Protocol (DNCP). HNCP enables discovery of network borders, automated configuration of addresses, name resolution, service discovery, and the use of any routing protocol that supports routing based on both the source and destination address.

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Document ID
RFC7788
Published
April 2016
Authors
M. Stenberg; S. Barth; P. Pfister
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
40
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Updated by:
RFC 8375

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