RFC 6760 · INFORMATIONAL · 2013

Requirements for a Protocol to Replace the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol

Overview

RFC 6760, “Requirements for a Protocol to Replace the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol”, is an Informational document published in February 2013 by S. Cheshire, M. Krochmal. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

One of the goals of the authors of Multicast DNS (mDNS) and DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) was to retire AppleTalk and the AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP) and to replace them with an IP-based solution. This document presents a brief overview of the capabilities of AppleTalk NBP and outlines the properties required of an IP-based replacement.

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