RFC 8686: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Cross-Domain Server Discovery

The goal of Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) is to provide guidance to applications that have to select one or several hosts from a set of…

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Outgoing relationships (23 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 3596: DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
Normative reference — RFC 3403: Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database
Normative reference — RFC 4848: Domain-Based Application Service Location Using URIs and the Dynamic Delegation Discovery Service (DDDS)
Informative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 2818: HTTP Over TLS
Informative reference — RFC 5389: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Informative reference — RFC 7858: Specification for DNS over Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Informative reference — RFC 8484: DNS Queries over HTTPS (DoH)
Informative reference — RFC 4632: Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan
Informative reference — RFC 7285: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5693: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Problem Statement
Informative reference — RFC 7624: Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A Threat Model and Problem Statement
Informative reference — RFC 7626: DNS Privacy Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 2317: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
Informative reference — RFC 6708: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 7971: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Deployment Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 7216: Location Information Server (LIS) Discovery Using IP Addresses and Reverse DNS
Informative reference — RFC 7286: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Server Discovery