Independent Submission D. Dolson, Ed. Request for Comments: 8517 Category: Informational J. Snellman ISSN: 2070-1721 M. Boucadair, Ed. C. Jacquenet Orange February 2019
Independent Submission D. Dolson, Ed. Request for Comments: 8517 Category: Informational J. Snellman ISSN: 2070-1721 M. Boucadair, Ed. C. Jacquenet Orange February 2019
An Inventory of Transport-Centric Functions Provided by Middleboxes: An Operator Perspective
中间箱提供的以运输为中心的功能清单:运营商视角
Abstract
摘要
This document summarizes an operator's perception of the benefits that may be provided by intermediary devices that execute functions beyond normal IP forwarding. Such intermediary devices are often called "middleboxes".
本文档总结了运营商对执行正常IP转发以外功能的中间设备可能带来的好处的看法。这种中间设备通常被称为“中间盒”。
RFC 3234 defines a taxonomy of middleboxes and issues in the Internet. Most of those middleboxes utilize or modify application-layer data. This document primarily focuses on devices that observe and act on information carried in the