File formats:

Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Obsoleted by:

RFC 9063

Authors:

R. Moskowitz
P. Nikander

Stream:

IETF

Source:

hip (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4423

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Abstract

This memo describes a snapshot of the reasoning behind a proposed new namespace, the Host Identity namespace, and a new protocol layer, the Host Identity Protocol (HIP), between the internetworking and transport layers. Herein are presented the basics of the current namespaces, their strengths and weaknesses, and how a new namespace will add completeness to them. The roles of this new namespace in the protocols are defined. The memo describes the thinking of the authors as of Fall 2003. The architecture may have evolved since. This document represents one stable point in that evolution of understanding. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.