RFC 2723 · INFORMATIONAL · 1999
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
SRL: A Language for Describing Traffic Flows and Specifying Actions for Flow Groups
Overview
RFC 2723, “SRL: A Language for Describing Traffic Flows and Specifying Actions for Flow Groups”, is an Informational document published in October 1999 by N. Brownlee. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a language for specifying rulesets, i.e. configuration files which may be loaded into a traffic flow meter so as to specify which traffic flows are measured by the meter, and the information it will store for each flow. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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