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BCP 208
RFC 8084
Title: Network Transport Circuit Breakers
Author: G. Fairhurst
Status: Best Current Practice
Stream: IETF
Date: March 2017
Mailbox: gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk
Pages: 24
Characters: 61712
See Also: BCP 208
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-tsvwg-circuit-breaker-15.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8084
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8084
This document explains what is meant by the term "network transport
Circuit Breaker". It describes the need for Circuit Breakers (CBs)
for network tunnels and applications when using non-congestion-
controlled traffic and explains where CBs are, and are not, needed.
It also defines requirements for building a CB and the expected
outcomes of using a CB within the Internet.
This document is a product of the Transport Area Working Group Working Group of the IETF.
BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
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