RFC 8546: The Wire Image of a Network Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document defines the wire image, an abstraction of the information available to an on-path non-participant in a networking protocol. This abstraction is intended to shed light on the implications that increased encryption has for network functions that use the wire image.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8546
- Published
- April 2019
- Authors
- B. Trammell; M. Kuehlewind
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IAB
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 10
- Also known as
- —
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