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Title : Minion - Service Model and Conceptual API
Author(s) : Janardhan Iyengar
Stuart Cheshire
Josh Graessley
Filename : draft-iyengar-minion-concept-01.txt
Pages : 14
Date : 2013-07-15
Abstract:
Minion uses TCP-format packets on-the-wire, to provide full
compatibility with existing NATs, Firewalls, and similar middleboxes,
but provides a richer set of facilities to the application. Minion's
richer facilities include a message-oriented API rather than TCP's
unstructured byte-stream service model, multiplexing of multiple
messages (or message streams) on a single connection, interleaving of
multiplexed messages (to eliminate head-of-line blocking), message
cancellation, request/reply support, ordered and unordered messages,
chained messages, multiple priority levels with byte-granularity
preemption, and DTLS Security. Minion can be implemented entirely as
a user-level library, without waiting for any special support from OS
vendors, and provides immediate benefits to application developers.
Additionally, Minion is able to take advantage of some simple kernel
extensions to provide enhanced services that go beyond what is
possible with traditional TCP. These kernel extensions are optional,
and even without them, Minion offers worthwhile benefits to
application developers.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iyengar-minion-concept
There's also a htmlized version available at:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iyengar-minion-concept-01
A diff from the previous version is available at:
http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-iyengar-minion-concept-01
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ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
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