A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
RFC 3549
Title: Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol
Author(s): J. Salim, H. Khosravi, A. Kleen, A. Kuznetsov
Status: Informational
Date: July 2003
Mailbox: hadi@znyx.com, hormuzd.m.khosravi@intel.com,
ak@suse.de, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Pages: 33
Characters: 72161
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-forces-netlink-04.txt
URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3549.txt
This document describes Linux Netlink, which is used in Linux both
as an intra-kernel messaging system as well as between kernel and
user space. The focus of this document is to describe Netlink's
functionality as a protocol between a Forwarding Engine Component
(FEC) and a Control Plane Component (CPC), the two components that
define an IP service. As a result of this focus, this document
ignores other uses of Netlink, including its use as a intra-kernel
messaging system, as an inter-process communication scheme (IPC), or
as a configuration tool for other non-networking or non-IP network
services (such as decnet, etc.).
This document is intended as informational in the context of prior art
for the ForCES IETF working group.
This document is a product of the Forwarding and Control Element
Separation Working Group of the IETF.
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
This announcement is sent to the IETF list and the RFC-DIST list.
Requests to be added to or deleted from the IETF distribution list
should be sent to IETF-REQUEST@IETF.ORG. Requests to be
added to or deleted from the RFC-DIST distribution list should
be sent to RFC-DIST-REQUEST@RFC-EDITOR.ORG.
Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending
an EMAIL message to rfc-info@RFC-EDITOR.ORG with the message body
help: ways_to_get_rfcs. For example:
To: rfc-info@RFC-EDITOR.ORG
Subject: getting rfcs
help: ways_to_get_rfcs
Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the
author of the RFC in question, or to RFC-Manager@RFC-EDITOR.ORG. Unless
specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for
unlimited distribution.echo
Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to
RFC-EDITOR@RFC-EDITOR.ORG. Please consult RFC 2223, Instructions to RFC
Authors, for further information.
Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute
...
Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader
implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version
of the RFCs.
- <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3549.txt>
-
