RFC 7216

Location Information Server (LIS) Discovery Using IP Addresses and Reverse DNS, April 2014

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Authors:
M. Thomson
R. Bellis
Stream:
IETF
Source:
geopriv (rai)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7216

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Abstract

The residential gateway is a device that has become an integral part of home networking equipment. Discovering a Location Information Server (LIS) is a necessary part of acquiring location information for location-based services. However, discovering a LIS when a residential gateway is present poses a configuration challenge, requiring a method that is able to work around the obstacle presented by the gateway.

This document describes a solution to this problem. The solution provides alternative domain names as input to the LIS discovery process based on the network addresses assigned to a Device.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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