RFC 5204 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2008

Host Identity Protocol Rendezvous Extension

Overview

RFC 5204, “Host Identity Protocol Rendezvous Extension”, is an Experimental document published in April 2008 by J. Laganier, L. Eggert. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8004 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a rendezvous extension for the Host Identity Protocol (HIP). The rendezvous extension extends HIP and the HIP registration extension for initiating communication between HIP nodes via HIP rendezvous servers. Rendezvous servers improve reachability and operation when HIP nodes are multi-homed or mobile. 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.

Read this RFC

The canonical text of RFC 5204 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.

Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 8004
Other RFCs from 2008

Who Is Online

In total there are 58 users online: 0 registered, 52 guests and 6 bots.

Most users ever online was 1,226 on 13 Jun 2026, 3:56 am.

Bots: AhrefsBot Applebot Googlebot Other Bot Other Crawler SemrushBot

Users active in the past 15 minutes. Total registered members: 354