path: root/doc/rfc/rfc2756.txt

Network Working Group                                            P. Vixie
Request for Comments: 2756                                            ISC
Category: Experimental                                         D. Wessels
                                                                    NLANR
                                                             January 2000


                 Hyper Text Caching Protocol (HTCP/0.0)


Status of this Memo

   This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
   community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
   Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes HTCP, a protocol for discovering HTTP caches
   and cached data, managing sets of HTTP caches, and monitoring cache
   activity.  This is an experimental protocol, one among several
   proposals to perform these functions.

1.  Definitions, Rationale and Scope

   1.1.  HTTP/1.1 (see [RFC2616]) permits the transfer of web objects
   from "origin servers," possibly via "proxies" (which are allowed
   under some circumstances to "cache" such objects for subsequent
   reuse) to "clients" which consume the object in some way, usually by
   displaying it as part of a "web page."  HTTP/1.0 and later permit
   "headers" to be included in a request and/or a response, thus
   expanding upon the HTTP/0.9 (and earlier) behaviour of specifying
   only a URI in the request and offering only a body in the response.

   1.2.  ICP (see [RFC2186]) permits caches to be queried as to their
   content, usually by other caches who are hoping to avoid an expensive
   fetch from a distant origin server.  ICP was designed with HTTP/0.9
   in mind, such that only the URI (without any headers) is used when
   describing cached content, and the possibility of multiple compatible
   bodies for the same URI had not yet been imagined.






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   1.3.  This document specifies a Hyper Text Caching Protocol (HTCP)
   which permits full request and response headers to be used in cache
   management, and expands the domain of cache management to include
   monitoring a remote cache's additions and deletions, requesting
   immediate deletions, and sending hints about web objects such as the
   third party locations of cacheable objects or the measured
   uncacheability or unavailability of web objects.

2.  HTCP Protocol

   2.1.  All multi-octet HTCP protocol elements are transmitted in
   network byte order.  All RESERVED fields should be set to binary zero
   by senders and left unexamined by receivers.  Headers must be
   presented with the CRLF line termination, as in HTTP.

   2.2.  Any hostnames specified should be compatible between sender and
   receiver, such that if a private naming scheme (such as HOSTS.TXT or
   NIS) is in use, names depending on such schemes will only be sent to
   HTCP neighbors who are known to participate in said schemes.  Raw
   addresses (dotted quad IPv4, or colon-format IPv6) are universal, as
   are public DNS names.  Use of private names or addresses will require
   special operational care.

   2.3.  HTCP messages may be sent as UDP datagrams, or over TCP
   connections.  UDP must be supported.  HTCP agents must not be
   isolated from NETWORK failures and delays.  An HTCP agent should be
   prepared to act in useful ways when no response is forthcoming, or
   when responses are delayed or reordered or damaged.  TCP is optional
   and is expected to be used only for protocol debugging.  The IANA has
   assigned port 4827 as the standard TCP and UDP port number for HTCP.

   2.4.  A set of configuration variables concerning transport
   characteristics should be maintained for each agent which is capable
   of initiating HTCP transactions, perhaps with a set of per-agent
   global defaults.  These variables are:

   Maximum number of unacknowledged transactions before a "failure" is
   imputed.

   Maximum interval without a response to some transaction before a
   "failure" is imputed.

   Minimum interval before trying a new transaction after a failure.








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   2.5. An HTCP Message has the following general format:

   +---------------------+
   |        HEADER       | tells message length and protocol versions
   +---------------------+
   |         DATA        | HTCP message (varies per major version number)
   +---------------------+
   |         AUTH        | optional authentication for transaction
   +---------------------+

   2.6. An HTCP/*.* HEADER has the following format:

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                             LENGTH                            |
      +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +
   2: |                             LENGTH                            |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   2: |             MAJOR             |             MINOR             |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   LENGTH  is the message length, inclusive of all header and data
           octets, including the LENGTH field itself.  This field will
           be equal to the datagram payload size ("record length") if a
           datagram protocol is in use, and can include padding, i.e.,
           not all octets of the message need be used in the DATA and
           AUTH sections.

   MAJOR   is the major version number (0 for this specification).  The
           DATA section of an HTCP message need not be upward or
           downward compatible between different major version numbers.

   MINOR   is the minor version number (0 for this specification).
           Feature levels and interpretation rules can vary depending on
           this field, in particular RESERVED fields can take on new
           (though optional) meaning in successive minor version numbers
           within the same major version number.

   2.6.1.  It is expected that an HTCP initiator will know the version
   number of a prospective HTCP responder, or that the initiator will
   probe using declining values for MINOR and MAJOR (beginning with the
   highest locally supported value) and locally cache the probed version
   number of the responder.

   2.6.2.  Higher MAJOR numbers are to be preferred, as are higher MINOR
   numbers within a particular MAJOR number.





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   2.7. An HTCP/0.* DATA has the following structure:

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                             LENGTH                            |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   2: |    OPCODE     |   RESPONSE    |        RESERVED       |F1 |RR |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   4: |                           TRANS-ID                            |
      +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +
   6: |                           TRANS-ID                            |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   8: |                                                               |
      /                            OP-DATA                            /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   LENGTH    is the number of octets of the message which are reserved
             for the DATA section, including the LENGTH field itself.
             This number can include padding, i.e., not all octets
             reserved by LENGTH need be used in OP-DATA.

   OPCODE    is the operation code of an HTCP transaction.  An HTCP
             transaction can consist of multiple HTCP messages, e.g., a
             request (sent by the initiator), or a response (sent by the
             responder).

   RESPONSE  is a numeric code indicating the success or failure of a
             transaction.  It should be set to zero (0) by requestors
             and ignored by responders.  Each operation has its own set
             of response codes, which are described later.  The overall
             message has a set of response codes which are as follows:

             0   authentication wasn't used but is required
             1   authentication was used but unsatisfactorily
             2   opcode not implemented
             3   major version not supported
             4   minor version not supported (major version is ok)
             5   inappropriate, disallowed, or undesirable opcode

             The above response codes all indicate errors and all depend
             for their visibility on MO=1 (as specified below).

   RR        is a flag indicating whether this message is a request (0)
             or response (1).






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   F1        is overloaded such that it is used differently by
             requestors than by responders.  If RR=0, then F1 is defined
             as RD.  If RR=1, then F1 is defined as MO.

   RD        is a flag which if set to 1 means that a response is
             desired.  Some OPCODEs require RD to be set to 1 to be
             meaningful.

   MO        (em-oh) is a flag which indicates whether the RESPONSE code
             is to be interpreted as a response to the overall message
             (fixed fields in DATA or any field of AUTH) [MO=1] or as a
             response to fields in the OP-DATA [MO=0].

   TRANS-ID  is a 32-bit value which when combined with the initiator's
             network address, uniquely identifies this HTCP transaction.
             Care should be taken not to reuse TRANS-ID's within the
             life-time of a UDP datagram.

   OP-DATA   is opcode-dependent and is defined below, per opcode.

   2.8. An HTCP/0.0 AUTH has the following structure:

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    0: |                             LENGTH                            |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    2: |                            SIG-TIME                           |
       +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +
    4: |                            SIG-TIME                           |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    6: |                           SIG-EXPIRE                          |
       +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +
    8: |                           SIG-EXPIRE                          |
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   10: |                                                               |
       /                            KEY-NAME                           /
       /                                                               /
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    n: |                                                               |
       /                            SIGNATURE                          /
       /                                                               /
       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+









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   LENGTH      is the number of octets used by the AUTH, including the
               LENGTH field itself.  If the optional AUTH is not being
               transmitted, this field should be set to 2 (two).  LENGTH
               can include padding, which means that not all octets
               reserved by LENGTH will necessarily be consumed by
               SIGNATURE.

   SIG-TIME    is an unsigned binary count of the number of seconds
               since 00:00:00 1-Jan-70 UTC at the time the SIGNATURE is
               generated.

   SIG-EXPIRE  is an unsigned binary count of the number of seconds
               since 00:00:00 1-Jan-70 UTC at the time the SIGNATURE is
               considered to have expired.

   KEY-NAME    is a COUNTSTR [3.1] which specifies the name of a shared
               secret.  (Each HTCP implementation is expected to allow
               configuration of several shared secrets, each of which
               will have a name.)

   SIGNATURE   is a COUNTSTR [3.1] which holds the HMAC-MD5 digest (see
               [RFC 2104]), with a B value of 64, of the following
               elements, each of which is digested in its "on the wire"
               format, including transmitted padding if any is covered
               by a field's associated LENGTH:

               IP SRC ADDR                           [4 octets]
               IP SRC PORT                           [2 octets]
               IP DST ADDR                           [4 octets]
               IP DST PORT                           [2 octets]
               HTCP MAJOR version number             [1 octet]
               HTCP MINOR version number             [1 octet]
               SIG-TIME                              [4 octets]
               SIG-EXPIRE                            [4 octets]
               HTCP DATA                             [variable]
               KEY-NAME (the whole COUNTSTR [3.1])   [variable]

   2.8.1.  Shared secrets should be cryptorandomly generated and should
   be at least a few hundred octets in size.

3.  Data Types

   HTCP/0.* data types are defined as follows:








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   3.1. COUNTSTR is a counted string whose format is:

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                             LENGTH                            |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   2: |                                                               |
      /                              TEXT                             /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   LENGTH  is the number of octets which will follow in TEXT.  This
           field is *not* self-inclusive as is the case with other HTCP
           LENGTH fields.

   TEXT    is a stream of uninterpreted octets, usually ISO8859-1
           "characters".

   3.2.  SPECIFIER is used with the TST and CLR request messages,
   defined below.  Its format is:

      +---------------------+
      |        METHOD       | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+
      |         URI         | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+
      |       VERSION       | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+
      |       REQ-HDRS      | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+

   METHOD    (Since HTCP only returns headers, methods GET and HEAD are
             equivalent.)

   URI       (If the URI is a URL, it should always include a ":"<port>
             specifier, but in its absense, port 80 should be imputed by
             a receiver.)

   VERSION   is an entire HTTP version string such as" HTTP/1.1".
             VERSION strings with prefixes other than "HTTP/" or with
             version numbers less than "1.1" are outside the domain of
             this specification.

   REQ-HDRS  are those presented by an HTTP initiator.  These headers
             should include end-to-end but NOT hop-by-hop headers, and
             they can be canonicalized (aggregation of "Accept:" is
             permitted, for example.)




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   3.3.  DETAIL is used with the TST response message, defined below.
   Its format is:

      +---------------------+
      |      RESP-HDRS      | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+
      |     ENTITY-HDRS     | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+
      |     CACHE-HDRS      | : COUNTSTR
      +---------------------+

   3.4.  IDENTITY is used with the MON request and SET response message,
   defined below.  Its format is:

      +---------------------+
      |      SPECIFIER      |
      +---------------------+
      |        DETAIL       |
      +---------------------+

4.  Cache Headers

   HTCP/0.0 CACHE-HDRS consist of zero or more of the following headers:

   Cache-Vary: <header-name> ...
      The sender of this header has learned that content varies on a set
      of headers different from the set given in the object's Vary:
      header.  Cache-Vary:, if present, overrides the object's Vary:
      header.

   Cache-Location: <cache-hostname>:<port> ...
      The sender of this header has learned of one or more proxy caches
      who are holding a copy of this object.  Probing these caches with
      HTCP may result in discovery of new, close-by (preferrable to
      current) HTCP neighbors.

   Cache-Policy: [no-cache] [no-share] [no-cache-cookie]
      The sender of this header has learned that the object's caching
      policy has more detail than is given in its response headers.

      no-cache          means that it is uncacheable (no reason given),
                        but may be shareable between simultaneous
                        requestors.

      no-share          means that it is unshareable (no reason given),
                        and per-requestor tunnelling is always
                        required).




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      no-cache-cookie   means that the content could change as a result
                        of different, missing, or even random cookies
                        being included in the request headers, and that
                        caching is inadvisable.

   Cache-Flags: [incomplete]
      The sender of this header has modified the object's caching policy
      locally, such that requesters may need to treat this response
      specially, i.e., not necessarily in accordance with the object's
      actual policy.

      incomplete   means that the response headers and/or entity headers
                   given in this response are not known to be complete,
                   and may not be suitable for use as a cache key.

   Cache-Expiry: <date>
      The sender of this header has learned that this object should be
      considered to have expired at a time different than that indicated
      by its response headers.  The format is the same as HTTP/1.1
      Expires:.

   Cache-MD5: <discovered content MD5>
      The sender of this header has computed an MD5 checksum for this
      object which is either different from that given in the object's
      Content-MD5:  header, or is being supplied since the object has no
      Content-MD5 header.  The format is the same as HTTP/1.1 Content-
      MD5:.

   Cache-to-Origin: <origin> <rtt> <samples> <hops>
      The sender of this header has measured the round trip time to an
      origin server (given as a hostname or literal address).  The <rtt>
      is the average number of seconds, expressed as decimal ASCII with
      arbitrary precision and no exponent.  <Samples> is the number of
      RTT samples which have had input to this average.  <Hops> is the
      number of routers between the cache and the origin, expressed as
      decimal ASCII with arbitrary precision and no exponent, or 0 if
      the cache doesn't know.














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6.  HTCP Operations

   HTCP/0.* opcodes and their respective OP-DATA are defined below:

   6.1. NOP (OPCODE 0):

   This is an HTCP-level "ping."  Responders are encouraged to process
   NOP's with minimum delay since the requestor may be using the NOP RTT
   (round trip time) for configuration or mapping purposes.  The
   RESPONSE code for a NOP is always zero (0).  There is no OP-DATA for
   a NOP.  NOP requests with RD=0 cause no processing to occur at all.

   6.2. TST (OPCODE 1):

   Test for the presence of a specified content entity in a proxy cache.
   TST requests with RD=0 cause no processing to occur at all.

   TST requests have the following OP-DATA:

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                                                               |
      /                          SPECIFIER                            /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   RESPONSE codes for TST are as follows:

   0   entity is present in responder's cache
   1   entity is not present in responder's cache

   TST responses have the following OP-DATA, if RESPONSE is zero (0):

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                                                               |
      /                             DETAIL                            /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   Note:  The response headers returned by a positive TST can be of a
          stale object.  Requestors should be prepared to cope with this
          condition, either by using the responder as a source for this
          object (which could cause the responder to simply refresh it)
          or by choosing a different responder.






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   TST responses have the following OP-DATA, if RESPONSE is one (1):

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                                                               |
      /                           CACHE-HDRS                          /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   6.3. MON (OPCODE 2):

   Monitor activity in a proxy cache's local object store (adds, deletes,
   replacements, etc).  Since interleaving of HTCP transactions over a
   single pair of UDP endpoints is not supported, it is recommended that a
   unique UDP endpoint be allocated by the requestor for each concurrent
   MON request.  MON requests with RD=0 are equivalent to those with RD=1
   and TIME=0; that is, they will cancel any outstanding MON transaction.

   MON requests have the following OP-DATA structure:

                  +0 (MSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |             TIME              |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   TIME  is the number of seconds of monitoring output desired by the
         initiator.  Subsequent MON requests from the same initiator
         with the same TRANS-ID should update the time on a ongoing MON
         transaction.  This is called "overlapping renew."

   RESPONSE codes for MON are as follows:

   0   accepted, OP-DATA is present and valid
   1   refused (quota error -- too many MON's are active)

   MON responses have the following OP-DATA structure, if RESPONSE is
   zero (0):

                 +0 (MSB)                            +1 (LSB)
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |             TIME              |     ACTION    |     REASON    |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   2: |                                                               |
      /                            IDENTITY                           /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+





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   TIME      is the number of seconds remaining for this MON
             transaction.

   ACTION    is a numeric code indicating a cache population action.
             Codes are:

             0   an entity has been added to the cache
             1   an entity in the cache has been refreshed
             2   an entity in the cache has been replaced
             3   an entity in the cache has been deleted

   REASON    is a numeric code indicating the reason for an ACTION.
             Codes are:

             0   some reason not covered by the other REASON codes
             1   a proxy client fetched this entity
             2   a proxy client fetched with caching disallowed
             3   the proxy server prefetched this entity
             4   the entity expired, per its headers
             5   the entity was purged due to caching storage limits

   6.4. SET (OPCODE 3):

   Inform a cache of the identity of an object.  This is a "push"
   transaction, whereby cooperating caches can share information such as
   updated Age/Date/Expires headers (which might result from an origin
   "304 Not modified" HTTP response) or updated cache headers (which
   might result from the discovery of non-authoritative "vary"
   conditions or from learning of second or third party cache locations
   for this entity.  RD is honoured.

   SET requests have the following OP-DATA structure:

      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                                                               |
      /                            IDENTITY                           /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   RESPONSE  codes are as follows:

             0   identity accepted, thank you
             1   identity ignored, no reason given, thank you

   SET responses have no OP-DATA.






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   6.5. CLR (OPCODE 4):

   Tell a cache to completely forget about an entity.  RD is honoured.

   CLR requests have the following OP-DATA structure:

      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   0: |                   RESERVED                    |     REASON    |
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   2: |                                                               |
      /                           SPECIFIER                           /
      /                                                               /
      +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   REASON    is a numeric code indicating the reason why the requestor
             is asking that this entity be removed.  The codes are as
             follows:

             0   some reason not better specified by another code
             1   the origin server told me that this entity does not
                 exist

   RESPONSE  codes are as follows:

             0   i had it, it's gone now
             1   i had it, i'm keeping it, no reason given.
             2   i didn't have it

   CLR responses have no OP-DATA.

   Clearing a URI without specifying response, entity, or cache headers
   means to clear all entities using that URI.

7.  Security Considerations

   If the optional AUTH element is not used, it is possible for
   unauthorized third parties to both view and modify a cache using the
   HTCP protocol.

8.  Acknowledgements

   Mattias Wingstedt of Idonex brought key insights to the development
   of this protocol.  David Hankins helped clarify this document.








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9.  References

   [RFC2396] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
             Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 2396,
             August 1998.

   [RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., Masinter,
             L., Leach, P. and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer
             Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.

   [RFC2104] Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M. and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-
             Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104, February,
             1997.

   [RFC2186] Wessels, D. and K. Claffy, "Internet Cache Protocol (ICP),
             version 2", RFC 2186, September 1997.

10.  Authors' Addresses

   Paul Vixie
   Internet Software Consortium
   950 Charter Street
   Redwood City, CA 94063

   Phone: +1 650 779 7001
   EMail: vixie@isc.org


   Duane Wessels
   National Lab for Applied Network Research
   USCD, 9500 Gilman Drive
   La Jolla, CA 92093

   Phone: +1 303 497 1822
   EMail: wessels@nlanr.net
















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11.  Full Copyright Statement

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

   This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
   others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
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   The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
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   This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
   "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING
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Acknowledgement

   Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the
   Internet Society.



















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