RFC 6709

"Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions", September 2012

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6709.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

B. Carpenter
B. Aboba, Ed.
S. Cheshire

Stream:

IAB

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Abstract

This document discusses architectural issues related to the extensibility of Internet protocols, with a focus on design considerations. It is intended to assist designers of both base protocols and extensions. Case studies are included. A companion document, RFC 4775 (BCP 125), discusses procedures relating to the extensibility of IETF protocols. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.