A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. BCP 193 RFC 7423 Title: Diameter Applications Design Guidelines Author: L. Morand, Ed., V. Fajardo, H. Tschofenig Status: Best Current Practice Stream: IETF Date: November 2014 Mailbox: lionel.morand@orange.com, vf0213@gmail.com, Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net Pages: 29 Characters: 67829 See Also: BCP 193 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-dime-app-design-guide-28.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7423.txt The Diameter base protocol provides facilities for protocol extensibility enabling the definition of new Diameter applications or modification of existing applications. This document is a companion document to the Diameter base protocol that further explains and clarifies the rules to extend Diameter. Furthermore, this document provides guidelines to Diameter application designers reusing/ defining Diameter applications or creating generic Diameter extensions. This document is a product of the Diameter Maintenance and Extensions Working Group of the IETF. BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC