Title :
Middlebox configuration protocol design
Author :
Stiemerling, M. ; Quittek, J.
Author_Institution :
Network Labs. Eur., NEC Eur. Ltd., Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract :
Middleboxes, such as packet filtering firewalls or network address translators (NATs), are an obstacle to the dynamic setup of connections required by many applications in today´s Internet, for example IP telephony. The problem can be solved if the application obtains a means for configuring middleboxes dynamically. The paper discusses the design of the simple middlebox configuration (SIMCO) protocol for this purpose. We describe related standardization activities in the IETF and discuss our protocol design´s advantages, which mainly concern simplicity of syntax, semantics and state machines.
Keywords :
Internet; protocols; standardisation; telecommunication security; IETF; IP telephony; network address translators; packet filtering firewalls; semantics; simple middlebox configuration protocol; standardization; state machines; syntax; Europe; Information filtering; Information filters; Laboratories; Middleboxes; National electric code; Network address translation; Network servers; Protocols; Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
IP Operations and Management, 2002 IEEE Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7658-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPOM.2002.1045783
