RFC 7975 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016

Request Routing Redirection Interface for Content Delivery Network Interconnection

Overview

RFC 7975, “Request Routing Redirection Interface for Content Delivery Network Interconnection”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 2016 by B. Niven-Jenkins, R. van Brandenburg. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Request Routing interface comprises (1) the asynchronous advertisement of footprint and capabilities by a downstream Content Delivery Network (CDN) that allows an upstream CDN to decide whether to redirect particular user requests to that downstream CDN; and (2) the synchronous operation of an upstream CDN requesting whether a downstream CDN is prepared to accept a user request and of a downstream CDN responding with how to actually redirect the user request. This document describes an interface for the latter part, i.e., the CDNI Request Routing Redirection interface.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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