RFC 8329 · INFORMATIONAL · 2018

Framework for Interface to Network Security Functions

Overview

RFC 8329, “Framework for Interface to Network Security Functions”, is an Informational document published in February 2018 by D. Lopez, E. Lopez, L. Dunbar, J. Strassner, R. Kumar. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the framework for Interface to Network Security Functions (I2NSF) and defines a reference model (including major functional components) for I2NSF. Network Security Functions (NSFs) are packet-processing engines that inspect and optionally modify packets traversing networks, either directly or in the context of sessions to which the packet is associated.

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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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