RFC 6281
Understanding Apple's Back to My Mac (BTMM) Service, June 2011
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Authors:
- S. Cheshire
Z. Zhu
R. Wakikawa
L. Zhang - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6281
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Abstract
This document describes the implementation of Apple Inc.'s Back to My Mac (BTMM) service. BTMM provides network connectivity between devices so that a user can perform file sharing and screen sharing among multiple computers at home, at work, or on the road. The implementation of BTMM addresses the issues of single sign-on authentication, secure data communication, service discovery, and end-to-end connectivity in the face of Network Address Translators (NATs) and mobility of devices. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.