RFC 4540 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2006

NEC's Simple Middlebox Configuration Protocol Version 3.0

Overview

RFC 4540, “NEC's Simple Middlebox Configuration Protocol Version 3.0”, is an Experimental document published in May 2006 by M. Stiemerling, J. Quittek, C. Cadar. It has since been updated by RFC 8996. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes a protocol for controlling middleboxes such as firewalls and network address translators. It is a fully compliant implementation of the Middlebox Communications (MIDCOM) semantics described in RFC 3989. Compared to earlier experimental versions of the SIMCO protocol, this version (3.0) uses binary message encodings in order to reduce resource requirements. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Experimental” means

Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.

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