RFC 3568 · INFORMATIONAL · 2003

Known Content Network Request-Routing Mechanisms

Overview

RFC 3568, “Known Content Network Request-Routing Mechanisms”, is an Informational document published in July 2003 by A. Barbir, B. Cain, R. Nair, O. Spatscheck. It has since been updated by RFC 8996. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document presents a summary of Request-Routing techniques that are used to direct client requests to surrogates based on various policies and a possible set of metrics. The document covers techniques that were commonly used in the industry on or before December 2000. In this memo, the term Request-Routing represents techniques that is commonly called content routing or content redirection. In principle, Request-Routing techniques can be classified under: DNS Request-Routing, Transport-layer Request-Routing, and Application-layer Request-Routing. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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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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RFC 8996
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