RFC 8522 · INFORMATIONAL · 2019
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Looking Glass Command Set
Overview
RFC 8522, “Looking Glass Command Set”, is an Informational document published in February 2019 by M. Stubbig. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document introduces a command set standard to the web-based "Network Looking Glass" software. Its purpose is to provide application programmers uniform access to the Looking Glass service and to analyze a standardized response.
The interface is supposed to provide the same level of information as web-based interfaces, but in a computer-readable format.
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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