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RFC 6709
Title: Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions
Author: B. Carpenter, B. Aboba, Ed.,
S. Cheshire
Status: Informational
Stream: IAB
Date: September 2012
Mailbox: brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com,
bernard_aboba@hotmail.com,
cheshire@apple.com
Pages: 42
Characters: 103913
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-iab-extension-recs-17.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6709.txt
This document discusses architectural issues related to the extensibility
of Internet protocols, with a focus on design considerations. It is
intended to assist designers of both base protocols and extensions. Case
studies are included. A companion document, RFC 4775 (BCP 125), discusses
procedures relating to the extensibility of IETF protocols.
This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board.
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